Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 1:22 - Multiply
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
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) |
them saying | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Be fruitful | H6509 | פָּרָה |
[Verb] to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) |
and multiply | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
and fill | H4390 | מָלֵא |
[Verb] A primitive {root} to fill or (intransitively) be full {of} in a wide application (literally and figuratively) |
the waters | H4325 | מַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] water; figuratively juice; by euphemism {urine} semen |
in the seas | 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 let fowl | H5775 | עוֹף |
[Noun Masculine] a bird (as covered with {feathers} or rather as covering with {wings}) often collective |
multiply | H7235 | רָבָה |
[Verb] to increase (in whatever respect) |
in the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.