Genesis 14:1
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אֲרְיוֹךְ
ʼĂryôwk
Arjok, the name of two Babylonians
אֶלָּסָר
ʼEllâçâr
Ellasar, an early country of Asia
כְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶר
Kᵉdorlâʻômer
Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king
עֵילָם
ʻÊylâm
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Key Terms in This Verse
עֵילָם ʻÊylâm
Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites
Study H5867 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,...
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into...
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in th...
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
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