Acts 7:11
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Χαναάν
Chanaán
Chanaan (i.e. Kenaan), the early name of Palestine
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
מִחְיָה
michyâh
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
Key Terms in This Verse
מִחְיָה michyâh
preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick
Study H4241 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And the famine was sore in the land.
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
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