Exodus 3:1
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
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
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
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...
חֹרֵב
Chôrêb
Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
Key Terms in This Verse
אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →מִדְיָן Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Study H4080 →מִדְבָּר midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
Study H4057 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elde...
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee go...
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all...
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before...
And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
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