Exodus 17:2

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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did

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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with

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh

H4872

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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and

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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us

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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that we may

שָׁתָה

shâthâh

H8354

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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And

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh

H4872

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto them Why

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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ye with me

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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do ye

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

chide H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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chide H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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tempt H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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drink H8354

שָׁתָה shâthâh

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

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water H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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Moses H4872

מֹשֶׁה Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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Moses H4872

מֹשֶׁה Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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Give H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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Cross References

Psalm 78:18 cross-reference

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

1 Corinthians 10:9 cross-reference

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Psalm 78:41 cross-reference

Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

Deuteronomy 6:16 cross-reference

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Hebrews 3:9 cross-reference

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Isaiah 7:12 cross-reference

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

Matthew 4:7 cross-reference

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Psalm 95:9 cross-reference

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

Numbers 21:5 cross-reference

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth thi...

Acts 15:10 cross-reference

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

Psalm 78:56 cross-reference

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Numbers 14:22 cross-reference

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Acts 5:9 cross-reference

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Luke 4:12 cross-reference

And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Malachi 3:15 cross-reference

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Exodus 17:7 cross-reference

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Psalm 106:14 cross-reference

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Luke 15:12 cross-reference

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

Exodus 15:24 cross-reference

And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Exodus 5:21 cross-reference

And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay...

1 Samuel 8:6 cross-reference

But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

Numbers 14:2 cross-reference

And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wi...

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