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Genesis 6:3

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That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.	And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.	There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 said^H559, My spirit^H7307 shall not always^H5769 strive^H1777 with man^H120, for that he also^{H1571 H7683} is flesh^H1320: yet his days^H3117 shall be an hundred^H3967 and twenty^H6242 years^H8141.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לֹא־יָדֹון רוּחִי בָאָדָם לְעֹלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
יָד֨וֹן	ya.Don	H1777	HVqi3ms	(it) will remain
רוּחִ֤/י	ru.Ch/i	H7307	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	spirit/ my
בָֽ/אָדָם֙	va./'a.Dam	H120	HRd/Ncmsa	in (the)/ humankind
לְ/עֹלָ֔ם	le./'o.Lam	H5769	HR/Ncmsa	for/ ever
בְּ/שַׁ/גַּ֖ם	be./sha./Gam	H1571	HR/Tr/D	in/ that/ also
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
בָשָׂ֑ר	va.Sar	H1320	HNcmsa	(is) flesh
וְ/הָי֣וּ	ve./ha.Yu	H1961	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will be
יָמָ֔י/ו	ya.Ma/v	H3117	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	days/ his
מֵאָ֥ה	me.'Ah	H3967	HAcbsa	one hundred
וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֖ים	ve./'es.Rim	H6242	HC/Acbpa	and/ twenty
שָׁנָֽה	sha.Nah	H8141	HNcfsa	year(s)

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

Strong's References

• H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
• 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.
• 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.
• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1777 — דִּין (dîyn, deen): or (Genesis 6:3) דּוּן; a primitive root; a straight course, i.e. sail direct; (come) with a straight course.
• 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.
• 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.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7683 — שָׁגַג (shâgag, shaw-gag'): a primitive root; to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology); [idiom] also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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)

• is — Psalms 78:39, John 3:6, Romans 8:1-13, Galatians 5:16-24, 1 Peter 3:20
• My — Numbers 11:17, Nehemiah 9:30, Isaiah 5:4, Isaiah 63:10, Jeremiah 11:7, Jeremiah 11:11, Acts 7:51, Galatians 5:16-17, 1 Thessalonians 5:19, 1 Peter 3:18-20, Jude 1:14-15

Reciprocal references (13): Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:4, Exodus 4:21, Deuteronomy 7:3, 2 Kings 13:23, Psalms 51:11, Psalms 81:12, Proverbs 1:28, Jeremiah 44:22, Daniel 4:29, Matthew 16:4, Ephesians 4:30, Hebrews 1:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOLY SPIRIT
• Torrey’s: DELUGE, THE, HOLY SPIRIT, THE PERSONALITY OF, LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD, THE, REPENTANCE
• Nave’s: GOD, HOLY SPIRIT, LONGEVITY, OBDURACY (HARDNESS), SIN, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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