Genesis 15:16
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְבִיעִי
rᵉbîyʻîy
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
דּוֹר
dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
אֱמֹרִי
ʼĔmôrîy
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Key Terms in This Verse
דּוֹר dôwr
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
Study H1755 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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