Deuteronomy 14:21
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
אַיִל
ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an o...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
זֶה
zeh
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גֵּר
gêr
properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
נׇכְרִי
nokrîy
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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...
בָּשַׁל
bâshal
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
שָׂעִיר
sâʻîyr
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
אַיִל ʼayil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Study H352 →נׇכְרִי nokrîy
strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
Study H5237 →בָּשַׁל bâshal
properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen
Study H1310 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →Cross References
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in wat...
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a...
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable...
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
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