Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 42:6 - Brethren
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Joseph | H3130 | יוֹסֵף |
[Proper Name Masculine] let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); {Joseph} the name of seven Israelites |
was the governor | H7989 | שַׁלִּיט |
[Adjective] potent; concretely a prince or warrior |
over | 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 land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and he | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
it was that sold | H7666 | שָׁבַר |
[Verb] to deal in grain |
to all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
of the land | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and Joseph's brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
came | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
and bowed down themselves | H7812 | שָׁחָה |
[Verb] to {depress} that {is} prostrate (especially reflexively in homage to royalty or God) |
before him with their faces | H639 | אַף |
[Noun Masculine] properly the nose or nostril; hence the {face} and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire |
to the earth | 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.