Genesis 2:9

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And out of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

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

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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to

צָמַח

tsâmach

H6779

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

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every

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

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

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that is

חֶמְדָּה

chemdâh

H2532

delight

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to the

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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and

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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for

לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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the

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

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

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of

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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also in the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of the

גַּן

gan

H1588

a garden (as fenced)

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and the

עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

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

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of

דַּעַת

daʻath

H1847

knowledge

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of

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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and

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

grow H6779

צָמַח tsâmach

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

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garden H1588

גַּן gan

a garden (as fenced)

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food H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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pleasant H2532

חֶמְדָּה chemdâh

delight

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knowledge H1847

דַּעַת daʻath

knowledge

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

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

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

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

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

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

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sight H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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Cross References

Genesis 3:22 cross-reference

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Revelation 2:7 cross-reference

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Revelation 22:14 cross-reference

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Revelation 22:2 cross-reference

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were fo...

Proverbs 11:30 cross-reference

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Ezekiel 47:12 cross-reference

And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new f...

Proverbs 3:18 cross-reference

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Genesis 3:3 cross-reference

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Genesis 2:17 cross-reference

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ezekiel 31:16 cross-reference

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,...

1 Corinthians 8:1 cross-reference

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Isaiah 44:25 cross-reference

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Isaiah 47:10 cross-reference

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

Ezekiel 31:18 cross-reference

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of t...

Deuteronomy 6:25 cross-reference

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

John 6:48 cross-reference

I am that bread of life.

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