Exodus 20:17

Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Thou shalt not

חָמַד

châmad

H2530

to delight in

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thy

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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thou shalt not

חָמַד

châmad

H2530

to delight in

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thy

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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nor his

עֶבֶד

ʻebed

H5650

a servant

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nor his

אָמָה

ʼâmâh

H519

a maidservant or female slave

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nor his

שׁוֹר

shôwr

H7794

a bullock (as a traveller)

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nor his

חֲמוֹר

chămôwr

H2543

a male ass (from its dun red)

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nor

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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that is thy

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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Key Terms in This Verse

covet H2530

חָמַד châmad

to delight in

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covet H2530

חָמַד châmad

to delight in

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manservant H5650

עֶבֶד ʻebed

a servant

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maidservant H519

אָמָה ʼâmâh

a maidservant or female slave

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ox H7794

שׁוֹר shôwr

a bullock (as a traveller)

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ass H2543

חֲמוֹר chămôwr

a male ass (from its dun red)

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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wife H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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Cross References

Romans 13:9 cross-reference

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly compr...

Luke 12:15 cross-reference

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Ephesians 5:5 cross-reference

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Colossians 3:5 cross-reference

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Ephesians 5:3 cross-reference

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

Romans 7:7 cross-reference

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Micah 2:2 cross-reference

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Proverbs 4:23 cross-reference

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Jeremiah 5:8 cross-reference

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

Psalm 119:36 cross-reference

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

1 Corinthians 6:10 cross-reference

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Matthew 20:15 cross-reference

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 5:28 cross-reference

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Isaiah 33:15 cross-reference

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...

Habakkuk 2:9 cross-reference

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

1 Samuel 15:19 cross-reference

Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

Job 31:9 cross-reference

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

Ezekiel 33:31 cross-reference

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth...

Acts 5:4 cross-reference

Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

Acts 20:33 cross-reference

I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.

Luke 16:14 cross-reference

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Genesis 14:23 cross-reference

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Joshua 7:21 cross-reference

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid i...

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