Genesis 21:27
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
בָּקָר
bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
Study H40 →בָּקָר bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Study H1241 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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