Genesis 18:27

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אַבְרָהָם

ʼAbrâhâm

H85

Abraham, the later name of Abram

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עָנָה

ʻânâh

H6030

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...

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and

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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now I have

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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upon me to

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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unto the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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which am but

עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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and

אֵפֶר

ʼêpher

H665

ashes

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Key Terms in This Verse

ashes H665

אֵפֶר ʼêpher

ashes

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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Abraham H85

אַבְרָהָם ʼAbrâhâm

Abraham, the later name of Abram

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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answered H6030

עָנָה ʻânâh

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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Behold H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Genesis 3:19 cross-reference

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Isaiah 6:5 cross-reference

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Luke 5:8 cross-reference

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Job 30:19 cross-reference

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Genesis 2:7 cross-reference

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Isaiah 64:8 cross-reference

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

Luke 18:1 cross-reference

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Job 4:19 cross-reference

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Ecclesiastes 12:7 cross-reference

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Psalm 8:4 cross-reference

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalm 144:3 cross-reference

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Ezra 9:6 cross-reference

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

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