Exodus 18:16
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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...
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Key Terms in This Verse
תּוֹרָה tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Study H8451 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
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