Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 7:17 - Above
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the flood | H3999 | מַבּוּל |
[Noun Masculine] a deluge |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
forty | H705 | אַרְבָּעִים |
forty |
days | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
increased | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
and bare up | H5375 | נָשָׂא |
[Verb] to {lift} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} absolutely and relatively |
the ark | H8392 | תֵּבָה |
[Noun Feminine] a box |
and it was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
lift up | H5375 | נָשָׂא |
[Verb] to {lift} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} absolutely and relatively |
above | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.