Exodus 1:17

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But the

יָלַד

yâlad

H3205

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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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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and did not as the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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צָוָה

tsâvâh

H6680

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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them but

יָשַׁע

yâshaʻ

H3467

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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the

אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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חָיָה

châyâh

H2421

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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Key Terms in This Verse

midwives H3205

יָלַד yâlad

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

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feared H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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alive H2421

חָיָה châyâh

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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saved H3467

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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commanded H6680

צָוָה tsâvâh

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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men H582

אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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children H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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king H4428

מֶלֶךְ melek

a king

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God H430

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Acts 5:29 cross-reference

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Exodus 1:21 cross-reference

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Matthew 10:28 cross-reference

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 cross-reference

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Luke 12:5 cross-reference

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Daniel 6:13 cross-reference

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition ...

Proverbs 16:6 cross-reference

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:12 cross-reference

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Psalm 31:19 cross-reference

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Genesis 42:18 cross-reference

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Hosea 5:11 cross-reference

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

Proverbs 8:13 cross-reference

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Nehemiah 5:15 cross-reference

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop...

Micah 6:16 cross-reference

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...

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