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Genesis 6:5

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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.	And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually.	And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And GOD^H3068 saw^H7200 that the wickedness^H7451 of man^H120 was great^H7227 in the earth^H776, and that every imagination^H3336 of the thoughts^H4284 of his heart^H3820 was only^H7535 evil^H7451 continually^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּרְא יְהוָה כִּי רַבָּה רָעַת הָאָדָם בָּאָרֶץ וְכָל־יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבֹת לִבֹּו רַק רַע כָּל־הַיֹּום׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֣רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	that
רַבָּ֛ה	ra.Bah	H7227	HAafsa	(was) great
רָעַ֥ת	ra.'At	H7451	HNcfsc	(the) evil of
הָ/אָדָ֖ם	ha./'a.Dam	H120	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ humankind
בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ	ba./'A.retz	H776	HRd/Ncbsa	on the/ earth
וְ/כָל	ve./khol	H3605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ every
יֵ֨צֶר֙	ye.tzer	H3336	HNcmsc	(the) inclination of
מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ת	mach.she.Vot	H4284	HNcfpc	(the) thoughts of
לִבּ֔/וֹ	li.B/o	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	heart/ his
רַ֥ק	rak	H7535	HTa	only
רַ֖ע	ra'	H7451	HAamsa	(was) evil
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
הַ/יּֽוֹם	hai./Yom	H3117	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ day

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• H3336 — יֵצֶר (yêtser, yay'-tser): from יָצַר; a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose); frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4284 — מַחֲשָׁבָה (machăshâbâh, makh-ash-aw-baw'): or מַחֲשֶׁבֶת; from חָשַׁב; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice); cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H7535 — רַק (raq, rak): the same as רַק as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although; but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.

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

• 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).

Cross References

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

• every imagination — Genesis 8:21, Deuteronomy 29:19, Job 15:16, Proverbs 6:18, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Jeremiah 17:9, Ezekiel 8:9, Ezekiel 8:12, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21-23, Ephesians 2:1-3, Titus 3:3
• God — Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20-21, Psalms 14:1-4, Psalms 53:2, Romans 1:28-31, Romans 3:9-19
• thoughts — Jeremiah 4:14

Reciprocal references (39): Genesis 6:12, Genesis 11:6, Deuteronomy 31:21, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 22:3, Job 1:5, Job 22:15, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 17:4, Psalms 24:4, Psalms 52:1, Psalms 53:1, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 21:8, Proverbs 24:9, Proverbs 27:19, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 65:2, Jeremiah 9:14, Jeremiah 16:12, Jeremiah 18:12, Jeremiah 44:22, Ezekiel 24:12, Ezekiel 28:15, Hosea 10:9, Matthew 7:11, Matthew 7:13, Luke 1:51, Luke 11:13, Luke 11:39, John 3:6, Romans 1:21, Romans 5:13, Romans 7:18, Ephesians 2:3, James 1:14, James 4:5, 1 Peter 3:20

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BLINDNESS-VISION, MIND, CARNAL-SPIRITUAL, NATION, THE, SIN-SAVIOUR
• Torrey’s: DELUGE, THE, HEART, CHARACTER OF THE UNRENEWED, SIN
• Nave’s: ANTEDILUVIANS, DEPRAVITY OF MAN, HEART, HOLY SPIRIT, IMAGINATION, OBDURACY (HARDNESS), REPROBACY, SIN

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