Genesis 18:11
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
חֶלֶד
cheled
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →חֶלֶד cheled
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
Study H2465 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
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