Hebrews 11:12

New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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ἀνατέλλω

anatéllō

G393

to (cause to) arise

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there

עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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of

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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and him as

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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as

מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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so

רַב

rab

H7227

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

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as the

כּוֹכָב

kôwkâb

H3556

a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince

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of the

זָהָב

zâhâb

H2091

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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in

רֹב

rôb

H7230

abundance (in any respect)

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and as the

חוֹל

chôwl

H2344

sand (as round or whirling particles)

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which is by the

יָם

yâm

H3220

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...

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שָׂפָה

sâphâh

H8193

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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מִסְפָּר

miçpâr

H4557

a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

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Key Terms in This Verse

sprang G393

ἀνατέλλω anatéllō

to (cause to) arise

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sky H2091

זָהָב zâhâb

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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innumerable H4557

מִסְפָּר miçpâr

a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

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shore H8193

שָׂפָה sâphâh

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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sand H2344

חוֹל chôwl

sand (as round or whirling particles)

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stars H3556

כּוֹכָב kôwkâb

a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince

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multitude H7230

רֹב rôb

abundance (in any respect)

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dead H4191

מוּת mûwth

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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sea H3220

יָם yâm

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...

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many H7227

רַב rab

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

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17 cross-reference

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enem...

Genesis 32:12 cross-reference

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 15:5 cross-reference

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

Hosea 1:10 cross-reference

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my...

Jeremiah 33:22 cross-reference

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

Genesis 26:4 cross-reference

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

Exodus 32:13 cross-reference

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken ...

Isaiah 10:22 cross-reference

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Revelation 20:8 cross-reference

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Deuteronomy 28:62 cross-reference

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

1 Kings 4:20 cross-reference

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

2 Samuel 17:11 cross-reference

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

1 Chronicles 27:23 cross-reference

But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

Nehemiah 9:23 cross-reference

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

Judges 7:12 cross-reference

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu...

Deuteronomy 1:10 cross-reference

The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

1 Samuel 12:5 cross-reference

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

Joshua 11:4 cross-reference

And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

Isaiah 48:19 cross-reference

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Romans 9:27 cross-reference

Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

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