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
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
רִיב
rîyb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רִיב
rîyb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נָסָה
nâçâh
to test; by implication, to attempt
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
רִיב rîyb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Study H7378 →רִיב rîyb
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Study H7378 →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)
Study 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)
Study H3651 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
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...
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?
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
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;
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.
And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
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?
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
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.
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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...
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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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