Genesis 12:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fai...
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit