Numbers 27:16
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עֵדָה
ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →עֵדָה ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Study H5712 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshu...
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house...
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