Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 12:8 - Built
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And he removed | H6275 | עָתַק |
[Verb] to remove (intransitively or transitively); figuratively to grow old; specifically to transcribe |
from thence | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
unto a mountain | H2022 | הַר |
[Noun Masculine] a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
on the east | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of Bethel | H1008 | בֵּית־אֵל |
[Proper Name Location] house of God; {Beth-El} a place in Palestine |
and pitched | H5186 | נָטָה |
[Verb] to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications |
his tent | H168 | אֹהֶל |
[Noun Masculine] a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) |
having Bethel | H1008 | בֵּית־אֵל |
[Proper Name Location] house of God; {Beth-El} a place in Palestine |
on the west | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and Hai | H5857 | עַי |
[Proper Name Location] {Ai} Aja or {Ajath} a place in Palestine |
on the east | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and there | H8033 | שָׁם |
[Adverb] there (transfered to time) then; often {thither} or thence |
he builded an altar | H4196 | מִזְבֵּחַ |
[Noun Masculine] an altar |
unto the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
and called | H7121 | קָרָא |
[Verb] to call out to (that {is} properly address by {name} but used in a wide variety of applications) |
upon the name | H8034 | שֵׁם |
[Noun Masculine] compare H8064); an {appellation} as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication {honor} {authority } character |
of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.