Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 29:15 - Serve
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Laban | H3837 | לָבָן |
{Laban} a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
unto Jacob | H3290 | יַעֲקֹב |
[Proper Name Masculine] heel catcher (that {is} supplanter); {Jaakob} the Israelitish patriarch |
Because | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
thou | H859 | אַתָּה |
thou and {thee} or (plural) ye and you |
art my brother | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
shouldest thou | H859 | אַתָּה |
thou and {thee} or (plural) ye and you |
therefore serve | H5647 | עָבַד |
[Verb] to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc. |
me for nought tell | H5046 | נָגַד |
[Verb] properly to {front} that {is} stand boldly out opposite; by implication ({causatively}) to manifest; figuratively to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically to {expose} predict: {explain} praise |
me what | H4100 | מָה |
properly interrogitive what ? (including {how ?} why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including {how !}) or indefinitely what (including {whatever} and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses |
shall thy wages | H4909 | מַשְׂכֹּרֶת |
[Noun Feminine] wages or a reward |
be |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.