Genesis 37:34

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days."

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And

יַעֲקֹב

Yaʻăqôb

H3290

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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קָרַע

qâraʻ

H7167

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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his

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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and

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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שַׂק

saq

H8242

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain...

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upon his

מֹתֶן

môthen

H4975

properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

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and

אָבַל

ʼâbal

H56

to bewail

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for his

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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Key Terms in This Verse

mourned H56

אָבַל ʼâbal

to bewail

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sackcloth H8242

שַׂק saq

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)

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loins H4975

מֹתֶן môthen

properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

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rent H7167

קָרַע qâraʻ

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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clothes H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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Jacob H3290

יַעֲקֹב Yaʻăqôb

Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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many H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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days H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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put H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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son H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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Cross References

Genesis 37:29 cross-reference

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

2 Samuel 3:31 cross-reference

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

2 Samuel 1:11 cross-reference

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Job 2:12 cross-reference

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Matthew 26:65 cross-reference

Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Joshua 7:6 cross-reference

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

Matthew 11:21 cross-reference

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

1 Kings 21:27 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Acts 14:14 cross-reference

Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,

1 Chronicles 21:16 cross-reference

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, ...

Joel 2:13 cross-reference

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Revelation 11:3 cross-reference

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

2 Kings 19:1 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

Job 1:20 cross-reference

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Jeremiah 36:24 cross-reference

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

1 Kings 20:31 cross-reference

And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go ou...

Nehemiah 9:1 cross-reference

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

Psalm 69:11 cross-reference

I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

Isaiah 32:11 cross-reference

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

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