Genesis 39:7
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art c...
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
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