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Genesis 14:22

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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.	And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,	That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abram^H87 said^H559 to the king^H4428 of Sodom^H5467, I have lift up^H7311 mine hand^H3027 unto the LORD^H3068, the most high^H5945 God^H410, the possessor^H7069 of heaven^H8064 and earth^H776,

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל־מֶלֶךְ סְדֹם הֲרִימֹתִי יָדִי אֶל־יְהוָה אֵל עֶלְיֹון קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	H4428	HNcmsc	(the) king of
סְדֹ֑ם	se.Dom	H5467	HNp	Sodom
הֲרִימֹ֨תִי	ha.ri.Mo.ti	H7311	HVhp1cs	I raise
יָדִ֤/י	ya.D/i	H3027	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	hand/ my
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֵ֣ל	'el	H410	HNcmsa	God
עֶלְי֔וֹן	el.Yon	H5945	HAamsa	Most High
קֹנֵ֖ה	ko.Neh	H7069	HVqrmsc	(the) creator of
שָׁמַ֥יִם	sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HNcmpa	heaven
וָ/אָֽרֶץ	va./'A.retz	H776	HC/Ncbsa	and/ earth

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

Strong's References

• H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
• H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5467 — סְדֹם (Çᵉdôm, sed-ome'): from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district; Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea; Sodom.
• H5945 — עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn, el-yone'): from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme; (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
• H7069 — קָנָה (qânâh, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own; attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.
• H7311 — רוּם (rûwm, room): a primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively); bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• lift — Exodus 6:8, Deuteronomy 32:40, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 10:5-6
• possessor — Genesis 14:19, Genesis 21:33
• the most — Genesis 14:20, Genesis 17:1, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 83:18, Isaiah 57:15, Daniel 4:34, Haggai 2:8
• unto — Genesis 21:23-31, Judges 11:35

Reciprocal references (21): Genesis 19:30, Genesis 21:27, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 31:53, Leviticus 9:22, Numbers 14:30, Judges 5:19, 2 Samuel 14:11, 2 Kings 5:16, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Nehemiah 8:6, Nehemiah 9:15, Psalms 106:26, Isaiah 3:7, Ezekiel 20:5, Matthew 11:25, Acts 17:24, Hebrews 6:16

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: OATHS
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, GOD, HAND, OATH, RULERS

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