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Genesis 18

Gen. 18:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
m now, and see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
whether they have done
`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
altogether
kalah (Hebrew #3617)
a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction
KJV usage: altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: from 3615
according to the cry
tsa`aqah (Hebrew #6818)
a shriek
KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Pronounce: tsah-ak-aw'
Origin: from 6817
of it, which is come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto me; and if notn, I will know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 11:5• 5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built. (Gen. 11:5)
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Ex. 3:8• 8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Ex. 3:8)
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Josh. 22:22• 22The *God of gods, Jehovah, the *God of gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know it; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah,--save us not this day! (Josh. 22:22)
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Psa. 139:1• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me. (Psa. 139:1)
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Jer. 17:10• 10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10)
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Luke 16:15• 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)

Cross References

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I will go down.This is spoken figuratively; and as the Jewish writers speak, according to the language of men.
So eyes, ears, hands, and other members of the body are attributed to God, for effecting those things which men cannot accomplish without these members.
Gen. 11:5,7• 5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.
 7Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. (Gen. 11:5,7)
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Ex. 3:8• 8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Ex. 3:8)
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Ex. 33:5• 5Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee. (Ex. 33:5)
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Mic. 1:3• 3For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. (Mic. 1:3)
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John 6:38• 38For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do *my* will, but the will of him that has sent me. (John 6:38)
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1 Thess. 4:16• 16for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; (1 Thess. 4:16)
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Job 34:22• 22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. (Job 34:22)
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Psa. 90:8• 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. (Psa. 90:8)
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Jer. 17:1,10• 1The sin of Judah is written with a style of iron, with the point of a diamond, engraven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
 10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:1,10)
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Zeph. 1:12• 12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil. (Zeph. 1:12)
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Heb. 4:13• 13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:13)
I will know.
Ex. 33:5• 5Now Jehovah had said to Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people: in one moment I will come up into the midst of thee and will consume thee. And now put off thine ornaments from thee, and I will know what I will do unto thee. (Ex. 33:5)
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Deut. 8:2• 2And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not. (Deut. 8:2)
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Deut. 13:3• 3--thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deut. 13:3)
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Josh. 22:22• 22The *God of gods, Jehovah, the *God of gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know it; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah,--save us not this day! (Josh. 22:22)
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Psa. 139:1‑24• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
 2*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
 3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
 4For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
 6O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
 7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
 8If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;
 9If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
 11And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
 12Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
 13For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
 14I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
 15My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
 16Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
 17But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O *God! how great is the sum of them!
 18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
 19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
 20For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies.
 21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
 23Search me, O *God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
 24And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psa. 139:1‑24)
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Luke 16:15• 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)
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2 Cor. 11:11• 11Why? because I do not love you? God knows. (2 Cor. 11:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know it.