Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 37:17 - Brethren
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the man | H376 | אִישׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.) |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
They are departed | H5265 | נָסַע |
[Verb] properly to pull {up} especially the tent {pins} that {is} start on a journey |
hence | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
I heard | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
them say | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Let us go | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
to Dothan | H1886 | דֹּתָן |
[Proper Name Location] {Dothan} a place in Palestine |
And Joseph | H3130 | יוֹסֵף |
[Proper Name Masculine] let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); {Joseph} the name of seven Israelites |
went | H1980 | הָלַךְ |
[Verb] a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of {applications} literally and figuratively) |
after | H310 | אַחַר |
[Adverb Preposition-Conjunction] properly the hind part; generally used as an adverb or {conjugation} after (in various senses) |
his brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
and found | H4672 | מָצָא |
[Verb] properly to come forth {to} that {is} appear or exist; transitively to {attain} that {is} find or acquire; figuratively to {occur} meet or be present |
them in Dothan | H1886 | דֹּתָן |
[Proper Name Location] {Dothan} a place in Palestine |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.