Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 44:7 - Wherefore
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And they said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
unto | H413 | אֵל |
[Preposition] a primitive {particle} properly denoting motion {towards} but occasionally used of a quiescent {position} that {is} near: with or among; often in {general} to |
him Wherefore | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
saith | H1696 | דָבַר |
[Verb] perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
my lord | H113 | אָדוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] {sovereign} that {is} controller (human or divine) |
these | H428 | אֵלֶּה |
these or those |
words | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
God forbid | H2486 | חָלִילָה |
[Interjection] literally for a profaned thing; used (interjectionally) far be it ! |
that thy servants | H5650 | עֶבֶד |
[Noun Masculine] a servant |
should do | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
according to this | H2088 | זֶה |
the masculine demonstrative {pronoun} this or that |
thing | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.