Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 22:17 - Multiplying
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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That | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
in blessing | H1288 | בָרַךְ |
[Verb] to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of {adoration}) and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the {king} as treason) |
I will bless | H1288 | בָרַךְ |
[Verb] to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of {adoration}) and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the {king} as treason) |
thee and in multiplying | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
I will multiply | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
thy seed | H2233 | זֶרַע |
[Noun Masculine] seed; figuratively {fruit} plant: sowing {time} posterity |
as the stars | H3556 | כּוֹכָב |
[Noun Masculine] a star (as round or as shining); figuratively a prince |
of the heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
and as the sand | H2344 | חוֹל |
[Noun Masculine] sand (as round or whirling particles) |
which | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
is 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 sea | H3220 | יָם |
[Noun Masculine] a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large {river} or an artificial basin; {locally} the {west} or (rarely) the south |
shore | H8193 | שָׂפָה |
[Noun Feminine] Probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication language; by analogy a margin (of a {vessel} {water} {cloth} etc.) |
and thy seed | H2233 | זֶרַע |
[Noun Masculine] seed; figuratively {fruit} plant: sowing {time} posterity |
shall possess | H3423 | יָרַשׁ |
[Verb] to occupy (be driving out previous {tenants} and possessing in their place); by implication to {seize} to {rob} to inherit; also to {expel} to {impoverish} to ruin |
the gate | H8179 | שַׁעַר |
[Noun Masculine] an {opening} that {is} door or gate |
of his enemies | H341 | אֹיֵב |
hating; an adversary |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.