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Genesis 17:23

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And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.	And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.	And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham^H85 took^H3947 Ishmael^H3458 his son^H1121, and all that were born^H3211 in his house^H1004, and all that were bought^H4736 with his money^H3701, every male^H2145 among the men^H582 of Abraham's^H85 house^H1004; and circumcised^H4135 the flesh^H1320 of their foreskin^H6190 in the selfsame^H6106 day^H3117, as God^H430 had said^H1696 unto him.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּנֹו וְאֵת כָּל־יְלִידֵי בֵיתֹו וְאֵת כָּל־מִקְנַת כַּסְפֹּו כָּל־זָכָר בְּאַנְשֵׁי בֵּית אַבְרָהָם וַיָּמָל אֶת־בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתָם בְּעֶצֶם הַיֹּום הַזֶּה כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אִתֹּו אֱלֹהִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
אַבְרָהָ֜ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל	yish.ma.'El	H3458	HNp	Ishmael
בְּנ֗/וֹ	be.N/o	H1121	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	son/ his
וְ/אֵ֨ת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
יְלִידֵ֤י	ye.li.Dei	H3211	HNcmpc	those born of
בֵית/וֹ֙	vei.T/o	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	household/ his
וְ/אֵת֙	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
מִקְנַ֣ת	mik.Nat	H4736	HNcfsc	(the) purchase of
כַּסְפּ֔/וֹ	kas.P/o	H3701	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	silver/ his
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
זָכָ֕ר	za.Khar	H2145	HAamsa	male
בְּ/אַנְשֵׁ֖י	be./'an.Shei	H376	HR/Ncmpc	among/ (the) men of
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) household of
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
וַ/יָּ֜מָל	va/i.Ya.mol	H4135	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he circumcised
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּשַׂ֣ר	be.Sar	H1320	HNcmsc	(the) flesh of
עָרְלָתָ֗/ם	'a.re.la.Ta/m	H6190	HNcfsc/Sp3mp	foreskin/ their
בְּ/עֶ֨צֶם֙	be./'E.tzem	H6106	HR/Ncfsc	on/ (the) substance of
הַ/יּ֣וֹם	hai./Yom	H3117	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ day
הַ/זֶּ֔ה	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	H1696	HVpp3ms	he had spoken
אִתּ֖/וֹ	'i.T/o	H854	HR/Sp3ms	with/ him
אֱלֹהִֽים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God

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

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Strong's References

• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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 superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• 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.
• H1320 — בָּשָׂר (bâsâr, baw-sawr'): from בָּשַׂר; flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman; body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• 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).
• 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.
• H3458 — יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'): from שָׁמַע and אֵל; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites; Ishmael.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• 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.
• H6106 — עֶצֶם (ʻetsem, eh'tsem): from עָצַם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.
• H6190 — עׇרְלָה (ʻorlâh, or-law'): feminine of עָרֵל; the prepuce; foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.

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

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); 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); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• 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).

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