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Genesis 6:11

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And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.	The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.	And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The earth^H776 also was corrupt^H7843 before^H6440 God^H430, and the earth^H776 was filled^H4390 with violence^H2555.

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Original Hebrew

וַתִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת	va./ti.sha.Chet	H7843	HC/VNw3fs	and/ (it) was corrupt
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
לִ/פְנֵ֣י	li/f.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(to)/ before
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha./'E.lo.Him	H430	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ God
וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֥א	va./ti.ma.Le'	H4390	HC/VNw3fs	and/ (it) was filled
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
חָמָֽס	cha.Mas	H2555	HNcmsa	violence

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

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Strong's References

• 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.
• 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.
• H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
• H4390 — מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, maw-lay'): or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively); accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7843 — שָׁחַת (shâchath, shaw-khath'): a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

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