Genesis 1:22

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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בָרַךְ

bârak

H1288

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...

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them

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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Be

פָּרָה

pârâh

H6509

to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)

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and

רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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מָלֵא

mâlêʼ

H4390

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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the

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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in the

יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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and

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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עוֹף

ʻôwph

H5775

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

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רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

seas H3220

יָם yâm

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...

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fowl H5775

עוֹף ʻôwph

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

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fruitful H6509

פָּרָה pârâh

to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)

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multiply H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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multiply H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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fill H4390

מָלֵא mâlêʼ

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

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waters H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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blessed H1288

בָרַךְ bârak

to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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saying H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Genesis 8:17 cross-reference

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the e...

Job 40:15 cross-reference

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Genesis 1:28 cross-reference

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ever...

Psalm 107:38 cross-reference

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Genesis 9:1 cross-reference

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Genesis 35:11 cross-reference

And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

Job 42:12 cross-reference

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Leviticus 26:9 cross-reference

For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Psalm 107:31 cross-reference

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Proverbs 10:22 cross-reference

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Psalm 128:3 cross-reference

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

Genesis 30:30 cross-reference

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Genesis 30:27 cross-reference

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

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