Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 28:14 - North
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And thy seed | H2233 | זֶרַע |
[Noun Masculine] seed; figuratively {fruit} plant: sowing {time} posterity |
shall be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
as the dust | H6083 | עָפָר |
[Noun Masculine] dust (as powdered or gray); hence {clay} {earth } mud |
of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
and thou shalt spread abroad | H6555 | פָּרַץ |
[Verb] to break out (in many {applications} direct and {indirect} literally and figuratively) |
to the west | H3220 | יָם |
[Noun Masculine] a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article) the Mediterranean; sometimes a large {river} or an artificial basin; {locally} the {west} or (rarely) the south |
and to the east | H6924 | קֶדֶם |
[Noun Masculine] the {front} of palce (absolutely the fore {part} relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially ({before } {anciently } eastward) |
and to the north | H6828 | צָפוֹן |
[Noun Feminine] properly {hidden} that {is} dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) |
and to the south | H5045 | נֶגֶב |
[Noun Masculine] the south (from its drought); specifically the negeb or southern district of {Judah} occasionally: Egypt (as south to Palestine) |
and in thee and in thy seed | H2233 | זֶרַע |
[Noun Masculine] seed; figuratively {fruit} plant: sowing {time} posterity |
shall all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the families | H4940 | מִשְׁפָּחָה |
[Noun Feminine] a {family} that {is} circle of relatives; figuratively a class (of {persons}) a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people |
of the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
be | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
blessed | H1288 | בָרַךְ |
[Verb] to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of {adoration}) and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the {king} as treason) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.