Exodus 3:8

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I am

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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down to

נָצַל

nâtsal

H5337

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

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them out of the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of the

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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and to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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them up out of that

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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unto a

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and a

רָחָב

râchâb

H7342

roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively

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unto a

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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זוּב

zûwb

H2100

to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

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with

חָלָב

châlâb

H2461

milk (as the richness of kine)

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and

דְּבַשׁ

dᵉbash

H1706

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

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unto the

מָקוֹם

mâqôwm

H4725

properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

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of the

כְּנַעַנִי

Kᵉnaʻanîy

H3669

a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c...

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and the

חִתִּי

Chittîy

H2850

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

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and the

אֱמֹרִי

ʼĔmôrîy

H567

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

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and the

פְּרִזִּי

Pᵉrizzîy

H6522

a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

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and the

חִוִּי

Chivvîy

H2340

a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine

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and the

יְבוּסִי

Yᵉbûwçîy

H2983

a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus

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Key Terms in This Verse

flowing H2100

זוּב zûwb

to flow freely (as water), i.e. (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

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Hivites H2340

חִוִּי Chivvîy

a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine

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Perizzites H6522

פְּרִזִּי Pᵉrizzîy

a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

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large H7342

רָחָב râchâb

roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively

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Hittites H2850

חִתִּי Chittîy

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

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Jebusites H2983

יְבוּסִי Yᵉbûwçîy

a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus

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milk H2461

חָלָב châlâb

milk (as the richness of kine)

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Canaanites H3669

כְּנַעַנִי Kᵉnaʻanîy

a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)

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honey H1706

דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

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Amorites H567

אֱמֹרִי ʼĔmôrîy

an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes

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Cross References

Genesis 50:24 cross-reference

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Exodus 3:17 cross-reference

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a ...

Deuteronomy 1:25 cross-reference

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

Exodus 13:5 cross-reference

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a ...

Jeremiah 11:5 cross-reference

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

Numbers 13:27 cross-reference

And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

John 6:38 cross-reference

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Ezekiel 20:6 cross-reference

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

Psalm 91:15 cross-reference

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Psalm 34:8 cross-reference

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Exodus 12:51 cross-reference

And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Deuteronomy 7:1 cross-reference

When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit...

Deuteronomy 27:3 cross-reference

And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; a...

Jeremiah 32:22 cross-reference

And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

Genesis 11:5 cross-reference

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Psalm 12:5 cross-reference

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

John 3:13 cross-reference

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Isaiah 64:1 cross-reference

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Exodus 34:11 cross-reference

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

Genesis 15:14 cross-reference

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Genesis 18:21 cross-reference

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

Deuteronomy 28:11 cross-reference

And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give the...

Genesis 11:7 cross-reference

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

Nehemiah 9:8 cross-reference

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, ...

Jeremiah 2:7 cross-reference

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

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