Genesis 18:31
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
פֵּן
pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
Key Terms in This Verse
פֵּן pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Study H6435 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
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