Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 21:27 - Abimelech
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Abraham | H85 | אַבְרָהָם |
[Proper Name Masculine] father of a multitude; {Abraham} the later name of Abram |
took | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
sheep | H6629 | צֹאן |
[Noun Feminine] a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
and oxen | H1241 | בָּקָר |
[Noun Masculine] a beeve or animal of the ox kind of either gender (as used for ploughing); collectively a herd |
and gave | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
them unto Abimelech | H40 | אֲבִימֶלֶךְ |
[Proper Name Masculine] father of (the) king; {Abimelek} the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites |
and both | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
of them made | H3772 | כָּרַת |
[Verb] to cut ({off} down or asunder); by implication to destroy or consume; specifically to covenant (that {is} make an alliance or {bargain} originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) |
a covenant | H1285 | בְּרִית |
[Noun Feminine] a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.