Genesis 14:1

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Genesis 14:1


← Genesis 13:18 Genesis 14:1 (KJV) Genesis 14:2 →
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in the daysH3117 of AmraphelH569 kingH4428 of ShinarH8152, AriochH746 kingH4428 of EllasarH495, ChedorlaomerH3540 kingH4428 of ElamH5867, and TidalH8413 kingH4428 of nationsH1471;


Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אַמְרָפֶל מֶלֶךְ־שִׁנְעָר אַרְיֹוךְ מֶלֶךְ אֶלָּסָר כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר מֶלֶךְ עֵילָם וְתִדְעָל מֶלֶךְ גֹּויִם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֗י
va/y.Hi H1961 HC/Vqw3ms and/ it was
בִּ/ימֵי֙
bi./Mei H3117 HR/Ncmpc in/ (the) days of
אַמְרָפֶ֣ל
'am.ra.Fel H569 HNp Amraphel
מֶֽלֶךְ
Me.lekh- H4428 HNcmsc (the) king of
שִׁנְעָ֔ר
shin.'Ar H8152 HNp Shinar
אַרְי֖וֹךְ
'ar.Yokh H746 HNp Arioch
מֶ֣לֶךְ
Me.lekh H4428 HNcmsc (the) king of
אֶלָּסָ֑ר
'e.la.Sar H495 HNp Ellasar
כְּדָרְלָעֹ֨מֶר֙
ke.da.re.la.'O.mer H3540 HNp Kedorlaomer
מֶ֣לֶךְ
Me.lekh H4428 HNcmsc (the) king of
עֵילָ֔ם
'ei.Lam H5867 HNp Elam
וְ/תִדְעָ֖ל
ve./tid.'Al H8413 HC/Np and/ Tidal
מֶ֥לֶךְ
Me.lekh H4428 HNcmsc (the) king of
גּוֹיִֽם
go.Yim H1471 HNp Goyim
Strong's References
  • H495 — אֶלָּסָר (ʼEllâçâr, el-law-sawr'): probably of foreign derivation; Ellasar, an early country of Asia; Ellasar.
  • H569 — אַמְרָפֶל (ʼAmrâphel, am-raw-fel'): of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; Amraphel, a king of Shinar; Amraphel.
  • H746 — אֲרְיוֹךְ (ʼĂryôwk, ar-yoke'): of foreign origin; Arjok, the name of two Babylonians; Arioch.
  • H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי (gôy); apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (gêvâh) H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
  • 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.
  • H3540 — כְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶר (Kᵉdorlâʻômer, ked-or-law-o'-mer): of foreign origin; Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king; Chedorlaomer.
  • H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
  • H5867 — עֵילָם (ʻÊylâm, ay-lawm'): or עוֹלָם (ʻÔwlâm); (Ezra 10:2; Jeremiah 49:36), probably from עָלַם (ʻâlam) H5956; hidden, i.e. distant; Elam, a son of Shem and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites; Elam.
  • H8152 — שִׁנְעָר (Shinʻâr, shin-awr'): probably of foreign derivation; Shinar, a plain in Babylonia; Shinar.
  • H8413 — תִּדְעָל (Tidʻâl, tid-awl'): perhaps from דְּחַל (dᵉchal) H1763; fearfulness; Tidal, a Canaanite; Tidal.

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

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); 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.
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