Exodus 17:12
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
ἐπί
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of res...
אַהֲרוֹן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Moses
חוּר
Chûwr
Chur, the name of four Israelites and one Midianite
כָּלָא
kâlâʼ
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֱמוּנָה
ʼĕmûwnâh
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Key Terms in This Verse
אֱמוּנָה ʼĕmûwnâh
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
Study H530 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →ἐπί epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of directio...
Study G1909 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Study H8121 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Brethren, pray for us.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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