1 Chronicles 16:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
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