Genesis 35:16
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
בֵּית־אֵל
Bêyth-ʼÊl
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֶפְרָת
ʼEphrâth
Ephrath, another name for Bethlehem;
חָבַל
châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַל châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Study H2254 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f...
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the s...
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and conti...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and...
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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