Genesis 20:5
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
תֹּם
tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
נִקָּיוֹן
niqqâyôwn
clearness (literally or figuratively)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
תֹּם tôm
completeness; figuratively, prosperity; usually (morally) innocence
Study H8537 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t...
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
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