Genesis 6:20

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Genesis 6:20


← Genesis 6:19 Genesis 6:20 (KJV) Genesis 6:21 →
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Of fowlsH5775 after their kindH4327, and of cattleH929 after their kindH4327, of every creeping thingH7431 of the earthH127 after his kindH4327, twoH8147 of every sort shall comeH935 unto thee, to keep them aliveH2421.


Original Hebrew

מֵהָעֹוף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל יָבֹאוּ אֵלֶיךָ לְהַחֲיֹות׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מֵ/הָ/ע֣וֹף
me./ha./'of H5775 HR/Td/Ncmsa of/ the/ bird(s)
לְ/מִינֵ֗/הוּ
le./mi.Ne./hu H4327 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms to/ kind/ its
וּ/מִן
u./min- H4480 HC/R and/ of
הַ/בְּהֵמָה֙
ha./be.he.Mah H929 HTd/Ncfsa the/ animal(s)
לְ/מִינָ֔/הּ
le./mi.Na/h H4327 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs to/ kind/ its
מִ/כֹּ֛ל
mi./Kol H3605 HR/Ncmsc from/ every
רֶ֥מֶשׂ
Re.mes H7431 HNcmsc (the) creeping thing of
הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֖ה
ha./'a.da.Mah H127 HTd/Ncfsa the/ ground
לְ/מִינֵ֑/הוּ
le./mi.Ne./hu H4327 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms to/ kind/ its
שְׁנַ֧יִם
she.Na.yim H8147 HAcmda two
מִ/כֹּ֛ל
mi./Kol H3605 HR/Ncmsa of/ everything
יָבֹ֥אוּ
ya.Vo.'u H935 HVqi3mp they will come
אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ
'e.Lei./kha H413 HR/Sp2ms to/ you
לְ/הַֽחֲיֽוֹת
le./Ha.cha.Yot H2421 HR/Vhc to/ preserve alive
Strong's References
  • H127 — אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, ad-aw-maw'): from אָדַם (ʼâdam) H119; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
  • H929 — בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'): from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective); beast, cattle.
  • H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
  • H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה (châvâh) H2331, חָיָה (châyâh) H2421); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
  • H4327 — מִין (mîyn, meen): from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species; kind. Compare מִן (min) H4480.
  • H5775 — עוֹף (ʻôwph, ofe): from עוּף (ʻûwph) H5774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively; bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
  • H7431 — רֶמֶשׂ (remes, reh'-mes): from רָמַשׂ (râmas) H7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal; that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
  • H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי (shênîy) H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם (shᵉttayim); two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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

  • H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; 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).
  • H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי (minnîy); or מִנֵּי (minnêy); (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן (mên) H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
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Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 7:15

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