Exodus 2:16
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
מִדְיָן
Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Key Terms in This Verse
מִדְיָן Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Study H4080 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →Cross References
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
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