Genesis 37:24
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
רוּק
rûwq
to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e. empty
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Key Terms in This Verse
Cross References
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no wat...
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
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