Genesis 20:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
Study H40 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →Cross References
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fai...
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in...
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the ...
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they ...
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