Genesis 4:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Key Terms in This Verse
מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he...
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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