Genesis 4:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
נוּעַ
nûwaʻ
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
נוּד
nûwd
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →נוּעַ nûwaʻ
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
Study H5128 →נוּד nûwd
to nod, i.e. waver; figuratively, to wander, flee, disappear; also (from shaking the head in sympathy), to console, deplore, or (from tossing the head in scorn) taunt
Study H5110 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →כֹּחַ kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
Study H3581 →Cross References
My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from ...
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one ...
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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