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Genesis 19

Gen. 19:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he pressed
patsar (Hebrew #6484)
to peck at, i.e. (figuratively) stun or dull
KJV usage: press, urge, stubbornness.
Pronounce: paw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
upon them greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
; and they turned in
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
unto him, and entered
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
into his house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
g; and he made
`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
them a feast
mishteh (Hebrew #4960)
drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
KJV usage: banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).
Pronounce: mish-teh'
Origin: from 8354
, and did bake
'aphah (Hebrew #644)
to cook, especially to bake
KJV usage: bake(-r, (-meats)).
Pronounce: aw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
unleavened bread
matstsah (Hebrew #4682)
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
KJV usage: unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.
Pronounce: mats-tsaw'
Origin: from 4711 in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness
, and they did eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 18:8• 8And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate. (Gen. 18:8)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Kings 4:8• 8And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. (2 Kings 4:8)
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Luke 11:8• 8--I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants. (Luke 11:8)
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Luke 14:23• 23And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled; (Luke 14:23)
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Luke 24:28‑29• 28And they drew near to the village where they were going, and *he* made as though he would go farther.
 29And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to stay with them. (Luke 24:28‑29)
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2 Cor. 5:14• 14For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died; (2 Cor. 5:14)
a feast.
Gen. 18:6‑8• 6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.
 7And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf tender and good, and gave it to the attendant; and he hasted to dress it.
 8And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate. (Gen. 18:6‑8)
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Gen. 21:8• 8And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. (Gen. 21:8)
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Luke 5:29• 29And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them. (Luke 5:29)
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John 12:2• 2There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him. (John 12:2)
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Heb. 13:2• 2Be not forgetful of hospitality; for by it some have unawares entertained angels. (Heb. 13:2)
unleavened.
Gen. 18:6• 6And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes. (Gen. 18:6)
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Ex. 12:15,39• 15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread: on the very first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day--that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
 39And they baked the dough that they brought forth out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened; for they were driven out of Egypt, and could not wait; neither had they prepared for themselves any food. (Ex. 12:15,39)
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Judg. 6:19• 19And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid of the goats, and an ephah of flour in unleavened cakes: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it. (Judg. 6:19)
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1 Sam. 28:24• 24And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof; (1 Sam. 28:24)
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1 Cor. 5:8• 8so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:8)
• Here it was only the angels that came to Lot (although the Lord was there unseen, Gen.18:21). Abraham, in the outside place with his tent, enjoyed sweet communion with the Lord. Lot, sitting in the gate of Sodom, would have no visits from the Lord. His soul may have been vexed with the filthy conversation and unlawful deeds of the wicked, but he would enjoy no communion with the Lord. (“Friendship With the World: Genesis 19” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned into him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.