Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 12:10 - Down
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
a famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
in the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and Abram | H87 | אַבְרָם |
[Proper Name Masculine] high father; {Abram} the original name of Abraham |
went down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
into Egypt | H4714 | מִצְרַיִם |
[Noun] {Mitsrajim} that {is} Upper and Lower Egypt |
to sojourn | H1481 | גּוּר |
[Verb] properly to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other {purpose}) that {is} sojourn (as a guest); also to {shrink} fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) |
there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
the famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
grievous | H3515 | כָּבֵד |
[Adjective] heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense ({severe } {difficult } stupid) |
in the land | 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.