Hebrews 3:9

New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years."

Word-by-Word Analysis

When your

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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me

בָּחַן

bâchan

H974

to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate

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me and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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אַרְבָּעִים

ʼarbâʻîym

H705

forty

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שָׁנֶה

shâneh

H8141

a year (as a revolution of time)

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Key Terms in This Verse

proved H974

בָּחַן bâchan

to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate

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tempted H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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forty H705

אַרְבָּעִים ʼarbâʻîym

forty

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works H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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years H8141

שָׁנֶה shâneh

a year (as a revolution of time)

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saw H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Cross References

Acts 7:36 cross-reference

He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

Deuteronomy 4:9 cross-reference

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, ...

Exodus 19:4 cross-reference

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

Deuteronomy 8:4 cross-reference

Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

Deuteronomy 4:3 cross-reference

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Deuteronomy 29:2 cross-reference

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Luke 7:22 cross-reference

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, ...

Amos 2:10 cross-reference

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Deuteronomy 8:2 cross-reference

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep ...

Numbers 14:33 cross-reference

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

Joshua 23:3 cross-reference

And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

Acts 13:8 cross-reference

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Joshua 24:7 cross-reference

And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in th...

Exodus 20:22 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Deuteronomy 11:7 cross-reference

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.

Joshua 5:6 cross-reference

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto w...

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