And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to ſoiourne there: for the famine was grieuous in the land.
אַבְרָם , proper masculine noun, ʾavram — "exalted father", the original name of Abraham (value 243)
H87,
אַבְרָם ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'; contracted from H48; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham:—Abram.Abram = "exalted father"
original name of Abraham
Used in 50 Verses, 3 Books 61  Occurrence Count
אֶרֶץ , feminine noun, ʾeretz — earth, land (value 291)
H776,
אֶרֶץ ʼerets, eh'-rets; from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):—× common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.land, earth
earth
whole earth (as opposed to a part)
earth (as opposed to heaven)
earth (inhabitants)
land
country, territory
district, region
tribal territory
piece of ground
land of Canaan, Israel
inhabitants of land
Sheol, land without return, (under) world
city (-state)
ground, surface of the earth
ground
soil
(in phrases)
people of the land
space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)
level or plain country
land of the living
end(s) of the earth
(almost wholly late in usage)
lands, countries
often in contrast to Canaan
Used in 2190 Verses, 39 Books 2498  Occurrence Count
גּוּר , verb, gur — to sojourn (value 209)
H1481,
גּוּר gûwr, goor; a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid):—abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, × surely.to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely
(Qal)
to sojourn, dwell for a time
to abide, stay, temporarily dwell
(Hithpolel)
to seek hospitality with
to assemble oneself
to stir up trouble, strife, quarrel, gather together
(Qal)
to stir up strife
to quarrel
(Hithpolel) to excite oneself
to dread, fear, stand in awe, be afraid
(Qal)
to fear, be afraid
to be in awe, stand in awe
Used in 94 Verses, 22 Books 97  Occurrence Count
הָיָה , verb, haya — to fall out, come to pass, become, be (value 20)
H1961,
הָיָה hâyâh, haw-yaw; a primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary):—beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out
(Qal)
—
to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass
to come about, come to pass
to come into being, become
to arise, appear, come
to become
to become
to become like
to be instituted, be established
to be
to exist, be in existence
to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)
to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)
to accompany, be with
(Niphal)
to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about
to be done, be finished, be gone
Used in 3131 Verses, 39 Books 3543  Occurrence Count
יָרַד , verb, yarad — to come or go down, descend (value 214)
H3381,
יָרַד yârad, yaw-rad'; a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications):—× abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, × indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down
(Qal)
to go or come down
to sink
to be prostrated
to come down (of revelation)
(Hiphil)
to bring down
to send down
to take down
to lay prostrate
to let down
(Hophal)
to be brought down
to be taken down
Used in 345 Verses, 32 Books 376  Occurrence Count
כָּבֵד , adjective, kaveyd — heavy (value 26)
H3515,
כָּבֵד kâbêd, kaw-bade'; from H3513; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid):—(so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.heavy, great
heavy
massive, abundant, numerous
heavy, dull
hard, difficult, burdensome
very oppressive, numerous, rich
Used in 38 Verses, 11 Books 39  Occurrence Count
כִּי , conjunction, kiy — that, for, when (value 30)
H3588,
כִּי kîy, kee; a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:—and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), but, certainly, doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, (al-) though, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since
that
yea, indeed
when (of time)
when, if, though (with a concessive force)
because, since (causal connection)
but (after negative)
that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if
but rather, but
except that
only, nevertheless
surely
that is
but if
for though
forasmuch as, for therefore
Used in 3909 Verses, 39 Books 4487  Occurrence Count
מִצְרַיִם , adjective, proper locative noun, mitzrayim — a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa (value 380)
H4714,
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.proper locative noun
Egypt = "land of the Copts"
a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows
adjective
Egyptians = "double straits"
the inhabitants or natives of Egypt
Used in 569 Verses, 28 Books 633  Occurrence Count
רָעָב , masculine noun, raʿav — famine, hunger (value 272)
H7458,
רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.famine, hunger
famine (in land, nation)
of Jehovah's word (fig)
hunger (of individuals)
Used in 88 Verses, 17 Books 100  Occurrence Count
שָׁם , adverb, sham — there, thither (value 340)
H8033,
שָׁם shâm, shawm; a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence:—in it, thence, there (-in, of, out), thither, whither.there, thither
there
thither (after verbs of motion)
from there, thence
then (as an adverb of time)
Used in 732 Verses, 36 Books 830  Occurrence Count
| Genesis 12:10Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| וַיְהִ֥י רָעָ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וַיֵּ֨רֶד אַבְרָ֤ם מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙ לָג֣וּר שָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ |
| Verse #309 (Ch. #12) — 12 words, 44 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| And there was a famine |
H7458raʿav |
רָעָב |
272 |
| in the land: |
H776ʾeretz |
אֶרֶץ |
291 |
| and Abram |
H87ʾavram |
אַבְרָם |
243 |
| went down |
H3381yarad |
יָרַד |
214 |
| into Egypt |
H4714mitzrayim |
מִצְרַיִם |
380 |
| to sojourn |
H1481gur |
גּוּר |
209 |
| there; for the famine |
H7458raʿav |
רָעָב |
272 |
| was grievous |
H3515kaveyd |
כָּבֵד |
26 |
| in the land. |
H776ʾeretz |
אֶרֶץ |
291 |
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