Deuteronomy 12:15
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶפֶס
ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or fo...
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
כֹּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
ἐπιθυμέω
epithyméō
to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
בְּרָכָה
Bᵉrâkâh
benediction; by implication prosperity
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
צְבִי
tsᵉbîy
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
Key Terms in This Verse
ἐπιθυμέω epithyméō
to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)
Study G1937 →אֶפֶס ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Study H657 →כֹּל kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Study H3605 →Cross References
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before t...
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