Exodus 31:18
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
לוּחַ
lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
לוּחַ
lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
אֶצְבַּע
ʼetsbaʻ
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →לוּחַ lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
Study H3871 →לוּחַ lûwach
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
Study H3871 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →Cross References
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the h...
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God...
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
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