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Exodus 20

Ex. 20:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Honor
kabad (Hebrew #3513)
a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Pronounce: kaw-bad'
Origin: or kabed {kaw-bade'}
x thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
and thy mother
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
: that thy days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
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)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
may be long
'arak (Hebrew #748)
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the land
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
which the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee.
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Deut. 27:16• 16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:16)
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Prov. 1:8• 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: (Prov. 1:8)
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Jer. 35:18‑19• 18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
 19Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. (Jer. 35:18‑19)
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Matt. 15:4,6• 4For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
 6And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. (Matt. 15:4,6)
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Eph. 6:2• 2Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (Eph. 6:2)

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Ex. 21:15,17• 15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
 17And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. (Ex. 21:15,17)
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Lev. 19:3,32• 3Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
 32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. (Lev. 19:3,32)
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1 Kings 2:19• 19Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. (1 Kings 2:19)
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2 Kings 2:12• 12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. (2 Kings 2:12)
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Prov. 1:8‑9• 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
 9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. (Prov. 1:8‑9)
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Prov. 15:5• 5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. (Prov. 15:5)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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Prov. 23:22‑25• 22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
 24The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
 25Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. (Prov. 23:22‑25)
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Prov. 28:24• 24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. (Prov. 28:24)
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Prov. 30:11,17• 11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
 17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. (Prov. 30:11,17)
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Mal. 1:6• 6A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? (Mal. 1:6)
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Matt. 15:4‑6• 4For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
 5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 6And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. (Matt. 15:4‑6)
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Luke 18:20• 20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother. (Luke 18:20)
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Eph. 5:21• 21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. (Eph. 5:21)
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Eph. 6:1‑3• 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
 2Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
 3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. (Eph. 6:1‑3)
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Col. 3:20• 20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. (Col. 3:20)
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Deut. 4:26,40• 26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
 40Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. (Deut. 4:26,40)
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Deut. 25:15• 15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 25:15)
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Deut. 32:47• 47For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (Deut. 32:47)
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Prov. 3:16• 16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. (Prov. 3:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.