Genesis 8:17
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
שֶׁרֶץ
sherets
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
רָמַשׂ
râmas
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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 ...
שָׁרַץ
shârats
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
פָּרָה
pârâh
to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
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.)
Study H1121 →רָמַשׂ râmas
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
Study H7430 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over ever...
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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