Genesis 31:44
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
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)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Key Terms in This Verse
עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I ...
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peac...
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