Genesis 3:17
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָדָם
ʼâdâm
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
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...
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָדָם ʼâdâm
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
Study H120 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto ...
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
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