Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 6:1 - Shem
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And it came to pass | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
when | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
men | H120 | אָדָם |
[Noun Masculine] {ruddy} that {is} a human being (an individual or the {species} {mankind } etc.) |
began | H2490 | חָלַל |
[Verb] properly to {bore} that {is} (by implication) to {wound} to dissolve; figuratively to profane (a {person} place or {thing}) to break (one´ s {word}) to begin (as if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute) |
to multiply | H7231 | רָבַב |
[Verb] properly to cast together (compare {H7241 }) that {is} {increase } especially in number; also (as denominative from H7233) to multiply by the myriad |
on | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the face | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
of the earth | H127 | אֲדָמָה |
[Noun Feminine] soil (from its general redness) |
and daughters | H1323 | בַּת |
[Noun Feminine] a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of {relationship} literally and figuratively) |
were born | H3205 | יָלַד |
[Verb] to bear young; causatively to beget; medically to act as midwife; specifically to show lineage |
unto them |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.