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Genesis 17:12

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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.	And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.	He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he that is eight^H8083 days^H3117 old^H1121 shall be circumcised^H4135 among you, every man child^H2145 in your generations^H1755, he that is born^H3211 in the house^H1004, or bought^H4736 with money^H3701 of any stranger^{H1121 H5236}, which is not of thy seed^H2233.

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Original Hebrew

וּבֶן־שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים יִמֹּול לָכֶם כָּל־זָכָר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת־כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִזַּרְעֲךָ הוּא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/בֶן	u./ven-	H1121	HC/Ncmsc	and/ a son of
שְׁמֹנַ֣ת	she.mo.Nat	H8083	HAcmsc	eight
יָמִ֗ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
יִמּ֥וֹל	yi.Mol	H4135	HVNi3ms	he will be circumcised
לָ/כֶ֛ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	of/ you
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
זָכָ֖ר	za.Khar	H2145	HAamsa	male
לְ/דֹרֹתֵי/כֶ֑ם	le./do.ro.tei./Khem	H1755	HR/Ncmpc/Sp2mp	for/ generations/ your
יְלִ֣יד	ye.Lid	H3211	HNcmsc	one born of
בָּ֔יִת	Ba.yit	H1004	HNcmsa	(the) household
וּ/מִקְנַת	u./mik.nat-	H4736	HC/Ncfsc	and/ a purchase of
כֶּ֨סֶף֙	ke.sef	H3701	HNcmsa	silver
מִ/כֹּ֣ל	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	from/ every
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	son of
נֵכָ֔ר	ne.Khar	H5236	HNcmsa	foreignness
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
מִֽ/זַּרְעֲ/ךָ֖	mi./zar.'a./Kha	H2233	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	(is) one of/ offspring/ your
הֽוּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he

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

Strong's References

• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1755 — דּוֹר (dôwr, dore): or (shortened) דֹּר; from דּוּר; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
• H2145 — זָכָר (zâkâr, zaw-kawr'): from זָכַר; properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex); [idiom] him, male, man(child, -kind).
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3211 — יָלִיד (yâlîyd, yaw-leed'): from יָלַד; born; (home-) born, child, son.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H4135 — מוּל (mûwl, mool): a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy; circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.
• H4736 — מִקְנָה (miqnâh, mik-naw'): feminine of מִקְנֶה; properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid; (he that is) bought, possession, piece, purchase.
• H5236 — נֵכָר (nêkâr, nay-kawr'): ' from נָכַר; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom; alien, strange ([phrase] -er).
• H8083 — שְׁמֹנֶה (shᵉmôneh, shem-o-neh'): or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from שָׁמֵן through the idea of plumpness; a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth; eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• 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

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

• he that is eight days old — Genesis 21:4, Leviticus 12:3, Luke 1:59, Luke 2:21, John 7:22-23, Acts 7:8, Romans 2:28
• is born — Genesis 17:23, Exodus 12:48-49

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 14:14, Exodus 12:44, Ecclesiastes 2:7, Jonah 4:10

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: CHURCH OF ISRAEL, CIRCUMCISION, COVENANT, THE
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, CHILDREN, CIRCUMCISION, COVENANT, FAMILY, MONEY, SILVER

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