Exodus 20:16

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Thou shalt not steal.	Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.	Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not bear^H6030 false^H8267 witness^H5707 against thy neighbour^H7453.

Original Hebrew

לֹא־תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ עֵד שָׁקֶר׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תַעֲנֶ֥ה	ta.'a.Neh	H6030	HVqi2ms	you must testify
בְ/רֵעֲ/ךָ֖	ve./re.'a./Kha	H7453	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	against/ neighbor/ your
עֵ֥ד	'ed	H5707	HNcmsc	testimony of
שָֽׁקֶר	Sha.ker	H8267	HNcmsa	falsehood

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H5707 — עֵד (ʻêd, ayd): contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness.
H6030 — עָנָה (ʻânâh, aw-naw'): a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.
H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
H8267 — שֶׁקֶר (sheqer, sheh'-ker): from שָׁקַר; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial); without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: WITNESSES, FALSE
Torrey’s: COMMANDMENTS, THE TEN, THEOCRACY, THE, OR IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT BY GOD
Nave’s: COMMANDMENTS, DECALOGUE, EVIDENCE, FALSE TEACHERS, FALSEHOOD, LAW, NEIGHBOR, QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS, TABLE

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