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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Numbers 8:18 - For
Numbers 8:18 - And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| And I have taken | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| the Levites | H3881 | לֵוִיִּי |
[Adjective] a Leviite or descendant of Levi |
| for | H8478 | תַּחַת |
[Noun Masculine] the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix {underneath }) in lieu {of} etc. |
| all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
| the firstborn | H1060 | בְּכוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] firstborn; hence chief |
| of the children | 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.) |
| of Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.