Exodus 18:2

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Exodus 18:2


← Exodus 18:1 Exodus 18:2 (KJV) Exodus 18:3 →
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then JethroH3503, MosesH4872' father in lawH2859, tookH3947 ZipporahH6855, MosesH4872' wifeH802, afterH310 he had sent her backH7964,


Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח יִתְרֹו חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה אֶת־צִפֹּרָה אֵשֶׁת מֹשֶׁה אַחַר שִׁלּוּחֶיהָ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יִּקַּ֗ח
va/i.yi.Kach H3947 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he had taken
יִתְרוֹ֙
yit.Ro H3503 HNp Jethro
חֹתֵ֣ן
cho.Ten H2859 HVqrmsc (the) father-in-law of
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mo.Sheh H4872 HNp Moses
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
צִפֹּרָ֖ה
tzi.po.Rah H6855 HNp Zipporah
אֵ֣שֶׁת
'E.shet H802 HNcfsc (the) wife of
מֹשֶׁ֑ה
mo.Sheh H4872 HNp Moses
אַחַ֖ר
'a.Char H310 HR after
שִׁלּוּחֶֽי/הָ
shi.lu.Chei./ha H7964 HNcmpc/Sp3fs dismissal(s)/ her
Strong's References
  • H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר (ʼâchar) H309; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H2859 — חָתַן (châthan, khaw-than'): a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage; join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
  • H3503 — יִתְרוֹ (Yithrôw, yith-ro'): from יֶתֶר (yether) H3499 with pron. suffix; his excellence; Jethro, Moses' father-in-law; Jethro. Compare יֶתֶר (Yether) H3500.
  • 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.
  • H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה (mâshâh) H4871; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
  • H6855 — צִפֹּרָה (Tsippôrâh, tsip-po-raw'): feminine of צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr) H6833; bird; Tsipporah, Moses' wife; Zipporah.
  • H7964 — שִׁלּוּחַ (shillûwach, shil-loo'-akh): or שִׁלֻּחַ (shilluach); from שָׁלַח (shâlach) H7971; (only in plural) a dismissal, i.e. (of a wife) divorce (especially the document); also (of a daughter) dower; presents, have sent back.

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

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 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).
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Reciprocal references (2): Exodus 18:24, Acts 7:29

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