Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 31:23 - Overtook
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And he took | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
his brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
with | H5973 | עִם |
[Preposition] adverb or {preposition} with (that {is} in conjunction {with}) in varied applications; specifically equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) |
him and pursued | H7291 | רָדַף |
[Verb] to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) |
after | H310 | אַחַר |
[Adverb Preposition-Conjunction] properly the hind part; generally used as an adverb or {conjugation} after (in various senses) |
him seven | H7651 | שֶׁבַע |
[Noun] a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication a week; by extension an indefinite number |
days' journey | H1870 | דֶּרֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially |
and they overtook | H1692 | דָּבַק |
[Verb] properly to {impinge} that {is} cling or adhere; figuratively to catch by pursuit |
him in the mount | H2022 | הַר |
[Noun Masculine] a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
Gilead | H1568 | גִּלְעָד |
[Noun] {Gilad} a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.