Genesis 17:4
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem...
And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be...
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