Deuteronomy 12:20

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after."

Word-by-Word Analysis

When the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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thy

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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shall

רָחַב

râchab

H7337

to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

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thy

גְּבוּל

gᵉbûwl

H1366

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

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as he hath

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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thee and thou shalt

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I will

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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thy

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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חָשַׁק

châshaq

H2836

to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver

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to

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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thou

יָכֹל

yâkôl

H3201

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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כֹּל

kôl

H3605

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

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thy

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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ἐπιθυμέω

epithyméō

G1937

to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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Key Terms in This Verse

longeth H2836

חָשַׁק châshaq

to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver

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lusteth G1937

ἐπιθυμέω epithyméō

to set the heart upon, i.e. long for (rightfully or otherwise)

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enlarge H7337

רָחַב râchab

to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

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promised H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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mayest H3201

יָכֹל yâkôl

to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)

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whatsoever H3605

כֹּל kôl

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

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border H1366

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:8 cross-reference

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 11:24 cross-reference

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Exodus 34:24 cross-reference

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

Genesis 28:14 cross-reference

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the...

Exodus 23:31 cross-reference

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive...

1 Chronicles 4:10 cross-reference

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may ...

Deuteronomy 12:15 cross-reference

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 ma...

Psalm 107:9 cross-reference

For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Philippians 1:8 cross-reference

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 31:30 cross-reference

And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

Psalm 119:40 cross-reference

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

2 Samuel 23:15 cross-reference

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

Numbers 11:34 cross-reference

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

Psalm 63:1 cross-reference

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Numbers 11:20 cross-reference

But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth...

2 Corinthians 9:14 cross-reference

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Psalm 84:2 cross-reference

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

2 Samuel 13:39 cross-reference

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

Psalm 119:174 cross-reference

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

Psalm 119:20 cross-reference

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

Numbers 11:4 cross-reference

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Philippians 2:26 cross-reference

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

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