Genesis 26:15
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
סָתַם
çâtham
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָתַם çâtham
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
Study H5640 →חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
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