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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 21:21 - Wife
Genesis 21:21 - And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And he dwelt | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
| in the wilderness | H4057 | מִדְבָּר |
[Noun Masculine] a pasture (that {is} open {field} whither cattle are driven); by implication a desert; also speech (including its organs) |
| of Paran | H6290 | פָּארָן |
[Proper Name Location] ornamental; {Paran} a desert of Arabia |
| and his mother | H517 | אֵם |
[Noun Feminine] a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively); (like H1) |
| took | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| him a wife | H802 | אִשָּׁה |
[Noun Feminine] the second form is an irregular plural; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H582). |
| out of the land | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| of Egypt | H4714 | מִצְרַיִם |
[Noun] {Mitsrajim} that {is} Upper and Lower Egypt |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.