Genesis 17:10

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised."

Word-by-Word Analysis

This is my

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth

H1285

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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which ye shall

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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בֵּין

bêyn

H996

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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me and you and thy

זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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thee Every

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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יֶלֶד

yeled

H3206

something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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you shall be

מוּל

mûwl

H4135

to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

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Key Terms in This Verse

circumcised H4135

מוּל mûwl

to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

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child H3206

יֶלֶד yeled

something born, i.e. a lad or offspring

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between H996

בֵּין bêyn

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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covenant H1285

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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keep H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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among H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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after H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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man H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Cross References

Acts 7:8 cross-reference

And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

Genesis 17:11 cross-reference

And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

Joshua 5:2 cross-reference

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

Philippians 3:3 cross-reference

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Romans 3:30 cross-reference

Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

Galatians 6:12 cross-reference

As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

Romans 3:25 cross-reference

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Ephesians 2:11 cross-reference

Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Deuteronomy 30:6 cross-reference

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Galatians 3:28 cross-reference

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 10:16 cross-reference

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Romans 3:28 cross-reference

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

Exodus 4:25 cross-reference

Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.

Genesis 34:15 cross-reference

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

Exodus 12:48 cross-reference

And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in th...

Joshua 5:4 cross-reference

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

John 7:22 cross-reference

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

Jeremiah 4:4 cross-reference

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because...

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