Genesis 12:9
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָם
ʼAbrâm
Abram, the original name of Abraham
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
נֶגֶב
negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →נֶגֶב negeb
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
Study H5045 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
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