Genesis 3:19

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."

Word-by-Word Analysis

In the

זֵעָה

zêʻâh

H2188

perspiration

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of thy

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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shalt thou

אָכַל

ʼâkal

H398

to eat (literally or figuratively)

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לֶחֶם

lechem

H3899

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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עַד

ʻad

H5705

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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thou

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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unto the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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for out of it

ἦν

ēn

G2258

I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

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thou

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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for

עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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thou art and unto

עָפָר

ʻâphâr

H6083

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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shalt thou

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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Key Terms in This Verse

sweat H2188

זֵעָה zêʻâh

perspiration

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wast G2258

ἦν ēn

I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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dust H6083

עָפָר ʻâphâr

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

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till H5705

עַד ʻad

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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return H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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return H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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bread H3899

לֶחֶם lechem

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7 cross-reference

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Job 34:15 cross-reference

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Psalm 104:29 cross-reference

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Genesis 2:7 cross-reference

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Psalm 90:3 cross-reference

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Ephesians 4:28 cross-reference

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 cross-reference

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Genesis 18:27 cross-reference

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

Daniel 12:2 cross-reference

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Ecclesiastes 1:3 cross-reference

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Genesis 23:4 cross-reference

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Psalm 22:15 cross-reference

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psalm 103:14 cross-reference

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

2 Thessalonians 3:10 cross-reference

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

Psalm 22:29 cross-reference

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 cross-reference

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

Proverbs 21:16 cross-reference

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Job 21:26 cross-reference

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

Job 19:26 cross-reference

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Job 1:21 cross-reference

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 5:15 cross-reference

As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

1 Thessalonians 2:9 cross-reference

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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