Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 15:12 - Sun
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
---|---|---|---|
And when the sun | H8121 | שֶׁמֶשׁ |
[Noun] the sun; by implication the east; figuratively a {ray} that {is} (architecturally) a notched battlement |
was going down | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
a deep sleep | H8639 | תַּרְדֵּמָה |
[Noun Feminine] a lethargy or (by implication) trance |
fell | H5307 | נָפַל |
[Verb] to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively) |
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 |
Abram | H87 | אַבְרָם |
[Proper Name Masculine] high father; {Abram} the original name of Abraham |
and lo | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
an horror | H367 | אֵימָה |
[Noun Feminine] fright; concretely an idol (as a bugbear) |
of great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
darkness | H2825 | חֲשֵׁכָה |
[Noun Feminine] darkness; figuratively misery |
fell | H5307 | נָפַל |
[Verb] to {fall} in a great variety of applications (intransitively or {causatively} literally or figuratively) |
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 |
him |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.