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Genesis 3:1

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← Genesis 2:25	Genesis 3:1 (KJV)	Genesis 3:2 →
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.	Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?	And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now the serpent^H5175 was^H1961 more subtil^H6175 than any beast^H2416 of the field^H7704 which the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had made^H6213. And he said^H559 unto the woman^H802, Yea^H637, hath God^H430 said^H559, Ye shall not eat^H398 of every tree^H6086 of the garden^H1588?

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Original Hebrew

וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הַ/נָּחָשׁ֙	ve./ha./na.Chash	H5175	HC/Td/Ncmsa	and/ the/ snake
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	(it) was
עָר֔וּם	'a.Rum	H6175	HAamsa	shrewd
מִ/כֹּל֙	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	more than/ every
חַיַּ֣ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal of
הַ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
עָשָׂ֖ה	'a.Sah	H6213	HVqp3ms	he had made
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהִ֑ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הָ֣/אִשָּׁ֔ה	ha./'i.Shah	H802	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ woman
אַ֚ף	'af	H637	HTa	indeed?
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	did he say
אֱלֹהִ֔ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תֹֽאכְל֔וּ	to.khe.Lu	H398	HVqi2mp	you must eat
מִ/כֹּ֖ל	mi./Kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	from/ any
עֵ֥ץ	'etz	H6086	HNcmsc	(the) tree of
הַ/גָּֽן	ha./GAN	H1588	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ garden

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

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• 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.
• 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.
• H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1588 — גַּן (gan, gan): from גָּנַן; a garden (as fenced); garden.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• 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.
• H5175 — נָחָשׁ (nâchâsh, naw-khawsh'): from נָחַשׁ; a snake (from its hiss); serpent.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6175 — עָרוּם (ʻârûwm, aw-room'): passive participle of עָרַם; cunning (usually in a bad sense); crafty, prudent, subtil.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.

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).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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)

• hath — Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:9
• he said — Numbers 22:28-29, Ecclesiastes 4:10, 1 Peter 3:7
• Now — Genesis 3:13-15, Isaiah 27:1, Matthew 10:16, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2
• serpent — John 8:44

Reciprocal references (16): Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 16:2, Judges 14:15, 2 Samuel 13:3, 1 Kings 13:16, Psalms 104:25, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 16:28, Matthew 16:23, Matthew 26:4, Luke 16:8, Acts 19:15, Acts 28:4, James 3:15

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: EVE, HOME, SATAN-EVIL SPIRITS, SIMPLICITY-DUPLICITY, TEMPTATION, WOMEN
• Torrey’s: DECEIT, DEVIL, THE, FALL OF MAN, THE, MAN, SERPENTS, TEMPTATION, WOMAN
• Nave’s: CRAFTINESS, FALL OF MAN, INFIDELITY, INFLUENCE, PRESUMPTION, SATAN, SERPENT, TEMPTATION, WOMEN

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