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Genesis 1

Gen. 1:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And 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
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Let us make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
in our image
tselem (Hebrew #6754)
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
KJV usage: image, vain shew.
Pronounce: tseh'-lem
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shade
, after our likeness
dmuwth (Hebrew #1823)
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
KJV usage: fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
Pronounce: dem-ooth'
Origin: from 1819
: and let them have dominion
radah (Hebrew #7287)
to tread down, i.e. subjugate; specifically, to crumble off
KJV usage: (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule,(-r, over), take.
Pronounce: raw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
over the fish
dagah (Hebrew #1710)
feminine of 1709, and meaning the same
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and over the fowl
`owph (Hebrew #5775)
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
KJV usage: bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
Pronounce: ofe
Origin: from 5774
of the air
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, and over the cattle
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, and over all the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, and over every creeping thing
remes (Hebrew #7431)
a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
KJV usage: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
Pronounce: reh'-mes
Origin: from 7430
that creepeth
ramas (Hebrew #7430)
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
KJV usage: creep, move.
Pronounce: raw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
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More on:

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Air,
Cattle,
Earth,
Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
Fowl,
God,
Image,
Likeness,
Man,
Sea

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Let us.
Gen. 3:22• 22And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever, … (Gen. 3:22)
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Gen. 11:7• 7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech . (Gen. 11:7)
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Job 35:10• 10But no man saith, Where [is] God [Eloah] my maker,{HR}That giveth songs in the night, (Job 35:10)
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Psa. 100:3• 3Know that Jehovah {i}he{/i} [is] God;{HR}{i}He{/i} made us, and not {i}we,{/i} (Psa. 100:3)
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Psa. 149:2• 2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker,{HR}Let Zion's sons rejoice in their King. (Psa. 149:2)
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Isa. 64:8• 8But, now O Jehovah, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand. (Isa. 64:8)
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John 5:17• 17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. (John 5:17)
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John 14:23• 23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)
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1 John 5:7• 7Because three are those that bear witness, (1 John 5:7)
man.In Hebrew, Adam; probably so called either from the red earth of which he was formed, or from the blush or flesh-tint of the human countenance:
the name is intended to designate the species.in our.
Gen. 5:1• 1This [is the] book of Adam's generations. In the day God created man, in God's likeness made he him; (Gen. 5:1)
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Gen. 9:6• 6[Whoso] sheddeth the man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in God's image made he the man. (Gen. 9:6)
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Eccl. 7:29• 29Behold, this only have I found,{HR}That God made man upright;{HR}But they have sought out many inventions. (Eccl. 7:29)
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Acts 17:26,28‑29• 26And he made of one [blood] every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation,
 28For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we.
 29Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:26,28‑29)
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1 Cor. 11:7• 7For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but the woman is man's glory. (1 Cor. 11:7)
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2 Cor. 3:18• 18but we all, beholding the glory of the Lord with unveiled face, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from [the] Lord [the] Spirit. (2 Cor. 3:18)
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2 Cor. 4:4• 4in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth. (2 Cor. 4:4)
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Eph. 4:24• 24and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth. (Eph. 4:24)
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Col. 1:15• 15who is [the] image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation; (Col. 1:15)
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Col. 3:10• 10and having put on the new that is renewed in full knowledge according to [the] image of him that created him; (Col. 3:10)
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James 3:9• 9Therewith we bless the Lord and [the] Father, and therewith we curse men that are made according to God's likeness. (James 3:9)
have dominion.
Gen. 9:2‑4• 2And fear of you and dread of you shall be upon every animal of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, with all that moveth [on] the ground, and with all fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
 3Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.
 4Only flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat. (Gen. 9:2‑4)
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Job 5:23• 23For with the stones of the field is thy covenant,{HR}And the wild beasts of the field are at peace with thee. (Job 5:23)
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Psa. 8:4‑8• 4What [is] man that thou rememberest him,{HR}And the son of man that thou visitest him?
 5And thou makest him a little lower than the angels{HR}And [with] glory and honour thou crownest him.
 6Thou makest him to rule over the works of thy hands;{HR}Thou hast put everything under his feet.
 7All sheep and oxen,{HR}And also the beasts of the field.
 8Birds of heaven and fishes of the sea,{HR}[That which] passes through the paths of the sea. (Psa. 8:4‑8)
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Psa. 104:20‑24• 20Thou settest darkness, and it is night,{HR}Wherein every beast of the forest moveth forth.
 21The young lions roar for the prey,{HR}And for seeking their food from God .
 22The sun ariseth,{HR}They retire and lie down in their lairs.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work{HR}And unto his service until evening.
 24How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah!{HR}In wisdom hast thou wrought them all:{HR}The earth is full of thy riches. (Psa. 104:20‑24)
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Eccl. 7:29• 29Behold, this only have I found,{HR}That God made man upright;{HR}But they have sought out many inventions. (Eccl. 7:29)
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Jer. 27:6• 6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. (Jer. 27:6)
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Acts 17:20,28‑29• 20For thou bringest certain strange things unto our ears; we wish to know therefore what these things mean.
 28For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we.
 29Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:20,28‑29)
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1 Cor. 11:7• 7For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but the woman is man's glory. (1 Cor. 11:7)
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2 Cor. 3:18• 18but we all, beholding the glory of the Lord with unveiled face, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from [the] Lord [the] Spirit. (2 Cor. 3:18)
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Eph. 4:24• 24and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth. (Eph. 4:24)
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Col. 3:10• 10and having put on the new that is renewed in full knowledge according to [the] image of him that created him; (Col. 3:10)
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Heb. 2:6‑9• 6but one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou rememberest him? or son of man that thou visitest him?
 7Thou madest him some little less than angels; thou crownest him with glory and honour [and didst set him over the works of thy hands];
 8thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing unsubject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him;
 9but we behold Jesus that was made some little less than angels on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honour; so that by God's grace he should taste of death for everything. (Heb. 2:6‑9)
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James 3:7,9• 7For every nature of both wild beasts and birds, of both things that creep and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by the nature of man;
 9Therewith we bless the Lord and [the] Father, and therewith we curse men that are made according to God's likeness. (James 3:7,9)
• God formed man out of the dust, and when formed breathed from Himself into his nostrils the breath of life, and thus man became a living soul in immediate connection with God Himself. As the Apostle states elsewhere, we also are His offspring. It is not said, “Let the earth bring forth,” but, “Let us make.” (“Genesis 1” by J.N. Darby)
• It is characterized by the three classes of 1 Cor. 10:32 the Jews typified by the land animals the Gentiles typified by the fish of the sea and the Church of God typified by the birds which soar in the heavens. (“Chapter 2.4” by T.L. Mather)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And God said, Let us make manc in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over the whole earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth on the earth.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "men," "mankind." adam, earthy.

W. Kelly Translation

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And God said, Let Us make men in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over bird of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.