Exodus 21:8
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
פָּדָה
pâdâh
to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
הָתַל
hâthal
to deride; by implication, to cheat
Key Terms in This Verse
מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal de...
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And S...
If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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