Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 31:17 - Upon
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Then Jacob | H3290 | יַעֲקֹב |
[Proper Name Masculine] heel catcher (that {is} supplanter); {Jaakob} the Israelitish patriarch |
rose up | H6965 | קוּם |
[Verb] to rise (in various {applications} {literally} {figuratively} intensively and causatively) |
and set | H5375 | נָשָׂא |
[Verb] to {lift} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} absolutely and relatively |
his sons | H1121 | בֵּן |
[Noun Masculine] a son (as a builder of the family {name}) in the widest sense (of literal and figurative {relationship} including {grandson} subject: {nation} quality or {condition} {etc.} (like {H1 } {H251 } etc.) |
and his wives | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
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 |
camels | H1581 | גָּמָל |
[Noun] Apparently from H1580 (in the sense of labor or burden bearing) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.