Genesis 18:8

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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חֶמְאָה

chemʼâh

H2529

curdled milk or cheese

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and

חָלָב

châlâb

H2461

milk (as the richness of kine)

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and the

עֵגֶל

ʻêgel

H5695

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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which he had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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and

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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it

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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them and he

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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by them under the

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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and they did

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

dressed H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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butter H2529

חֶמְאָה chemʼâh

curdled milk or cheese

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calf H5695

עֵגֶל ʻêgel

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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milk H2461

חָלָב châlâb

milk (as the richness of kine)

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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stood H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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eat H398

אָכַל ʼâkal

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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before H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Genesis 19:3 cross-reference

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Luke 24:30 cross-reference

And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

Luke 24:43 cross-reference

And he took it, and did eat before them.

Deuteronomy 32:14 cross-reference

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Luke 17:8 cross-reference

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

Luke 12:37 cross-reference

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Nehemiah 12:44 cross-reference

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions o...

John 12:2 cross-reference

There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Galatians 5:13 cross-reference

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Revelation 3:20 cross-reference

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Judges 5:25 cross-reference

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

Acts 10:41 cross-reference

Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

Judges 13:15 cross-reference

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.

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