Bible Verse Dictionary
Exodus 1:17 - Egypt
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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But the midwives | H3205 | יָלַד |
[Verb] to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage |
feared | H3372 | יָרֵא |
[Verb] to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten |
God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
and did | H6213 | עָשָׂה |
[Verb] to do or {make} in the broadest sense and widest application |
not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
as | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
of Egypt | H4714 | מִצְרַיִם |
[Noun] {Mitsrajim} that {is} Upper and Lower Egypt |
commanded | H1696 | דָבַר |
[Verb] perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
them but saved | H2421 | חָיָה |
[Verb] to {live} whether literally or figuratively; causatively to revive |
the men children | H3206 | יֶלֶד |
[Noun Masculine] something {born} that {is} a lad or offspring |
alive |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.