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Genesis 20

Gen. 20:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Abraham
'Abraham (Hebrew #85)
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram
KJV usage: Abraham.
Pronounce: ab-raw-hawm'
Origin: contracted from 1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous)
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
, Because I thought
'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
, Surely
raq (Hebrew #7535)
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
KJV usage: but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
Pronounce: rak
Origin: the same as 7534 as a noun
the fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
of 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
z is not in this place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
; and they will slay me
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
for my wife’s
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
sake
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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Neh. 5:15• 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:15)
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Psa. 36:1• 1To the chief musician; of the servant of Jehovah, of David.{HR}The transgression of the wicked saith in the innermost part of my heart,{HR}There is no fear of God before his eyes. (Psa. 36:1)
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Prov. 16:6• 6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;{HR}And by the fear of Jehovah they depart from evil. (Prov. 16:6)

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Abraham,
God,
Wife

Cross References

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Gen. 22:12• 12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:12)
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Gen. 42:18• 18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do that ye may live: I fear God. (Gen. 42:18)
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Neh. 5:15• 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:15)
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Job 1:1• 1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil. (Job 1:1)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said,{HR}Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom,{HR}And to depart from evil understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Psa. 14:4• 4Have they not known, all [the] workers of iniquity,{HR}Eating my people [as] they have eaten bread?{HR}Jehovah they have not called upon. (Psa. 14:4)
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Psa. 36:1‑4• 1To the chief musician; of the servant of Jehovah, of David.{HR}The transgression of the wicked saith in the innermost part of my heart,{HR}There is no fear of God before his eyes.
 2For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until that his iniquity is found out and hated.
 3The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well.
 4He deviseth falsehood upon his bed,{HR}He setteth himself upon a way [that is] not good,{HR}He rejecteth not evil. (Psa. 36:1‑4)
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Prov. 1:7• 7The fear of Jehovah (is) the beginning of knowledge:{HR}Fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7)
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Prov. 2:5• 5Then shalt thou apprehend the fear of Jehovah,{HR}And find the knowledge of God. (Prov. 2:5)
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Prov. 8:13• 13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil:{HR}Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,{HR}And the froward mouth do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)
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Prov. 16:6• 6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;{HR}And by the fear of Jehovah they depart from evil. (Prov. 16:6)
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Rom. 3:18• 18There is no fear of God before their eyes.” (Rom. 3:18)
slay.
Gen. 12:12• 12therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. (Gen. 12:12)
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Gen. 26:7• 7And the men of the place asked him about his wife. And he said, She [is] my sister; for he feared to say, My wife, lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca; because she was fair in countenance. (Gen. 26:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife’s sake.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.