Genesis 1:28

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"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 every living thing that moveth upon 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 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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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto them 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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and

מָלֵא

mâlêʼ

H4390

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

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the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and

כָּבַשׁ

kâbash

H3533

to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate

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it and have

שׇׁלְטָן

sholṭân

H7985

empire (abstractly or concretely)

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over the

דָּגָה

dâgâh

H1710

{a fish (often used collectively)}

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of 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 over the

עוֹף

ʻôwph

H5775

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

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of the

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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and over every

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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that

רָמַשׂ

râmas

H7430

properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm

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upon the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

replenish H4390

מָלֵא mâlêʼ

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

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subdue H3533

כָּבַשׁ kâbash

to tread down; hence, negatively, to disregard; positively, to conquer, subjugate, violate

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moveth H7430

רָמַשׂ râmas

properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm

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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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fish H1710

דָּגָה dâgâh

{a fish (often used collectively)}

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air H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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multiply H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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dominion H7985

שׇׁלְטָן sholṭân

empire (abstractly or concretely)

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living H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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Cross References

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 9:7 cross-reference

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

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.

Genesis 1:22 cross-reference

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

Isaiah 45:18 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and the...

Genesis 17:20 cross-reference

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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...

Psalm 107:38 cross-reference

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

1 Chronicles 4:10 cross-reference

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may ...

Genesis 17:16 cross-reference

And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Genesis 49:25 cross-reference

Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of t...

Genesis 26:24 cross-reference

And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

Genesis 33:5 cross-reference

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Genesis 24:60 cross-reference

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

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.

1 Chronicles 26:5 cross-reference

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

Psalm 69:34 cross-reference

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

1 Timothy 4:3 cross-reference

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

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