Genesis 18:15

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Then

שָׂרָה

Sârâh

H8283

Sarah, Abraham's wife

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כָּחַשׁ

kâchash

H3584

to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I

צָחַק

tsâchaq

H6711

to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport

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not for she was

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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And he

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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אֲבָל

ʼăbâl

H61

nay, i.e. truly or yet

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but thou didst

שָׂחַק

sâchaq

H7832

to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play

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Key Terms in This Verse

laughed H6711

צָחַק tsâchaq

to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport

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laugh H7832

שָׂחַק sâchaq

to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play

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denied H3584

כָּחַשׁ kâchash

to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)

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Sarah H8283

שָׂרָה Sârâh

Sarah, Abraham's wife

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Nay H61

אֲבָל ʼăbâl

nay, i.e. truly or yet

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afraid H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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saying H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:13 cross-reference

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

Ephesians 4:23 cross-reference

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

Psalm 44:21 cross-reference

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Proverbs 12:19 cross-reference

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Genesis 12:13 cross-reference

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

Job 2:10 cross-reference

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

John 2:25 cross-reference

And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

John 18:17 cross-reference

Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? He saith, I am not.

Romans 3:19 cross-reference

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

Mark 2:8 cross-reference

And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

Genesis 4:9 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

Colossians 3:9 cross-reference

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

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