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Exodus 21

Ex. 21:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he that θcurseth
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
his 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
d, or his 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
, shall surely
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
be put to death
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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or, revileth.
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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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 a father, and despiseth to obey a 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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Matt. 15:4• 4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death. (Matt. 15:4)

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Cross References

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curseth.
or, revilteth.
Lev. 20:9• 9Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him. (Lev. 20:9)
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Deut. 27:16• 16Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:16)
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Prov. 20:20• 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. (Prov. 20:20)
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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 a father, and despiseth to obey a 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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Matt. 15:3‑6• 3But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
 4For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
 5But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever it be by which received from me thou wouldest be profited:
 6and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching. (Matt. 15:3‑6)
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Mark 7:10‑11• 10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.
 11But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, It is corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by … (Mark 7:10‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.