Genesis 31:19
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָבָן
Lâbân
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
גַּזָז
gazâz
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
גָּנַב
gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
גַּזָז gazâz
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
Study H1494 →גָּנַב gânab
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
Study H1589 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and ...
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