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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 7:12 - Forty
Genesis 7:12 - And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And the rain | H1653 | גֶּשֶׁם |
[Noun Masculine] a shower |
| was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| 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 earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
| forty | H705 | אַרְבָּעִים |
forty |
| days | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
| and forty | H705 | אַרְבָּעִים |
forty |
| nights | H3915 | לַיִל |
[Noun Masculine] properly a twist (away of the {light}) that {is} night; figuratively adversity |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.