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Genesis 28

Gen. 28:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he was afraid
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
, and 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
, How dreadful
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
is 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'}
! this is none other but the 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
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
, and this is the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
of heaven
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'}
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Gate,
God,
Heaven,
House,
House of God

Cross References

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he was.
Ex. 3:6• 6And he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. (Ex. 3:6)
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Judg. 13:22• 22And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. (Judg. 13:22)
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Matt. 17:6• 6And the disciples hearing [it] fell upon their faces, and were greatly terrified. (Matt. 17:6)
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Luke 2:9• 9And lo, an angel of [the] Lord stood by them and the glory of [the] Lord shone around them, and they were sore afraid. (Luke 2:9)
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Luke 8:35• 35And they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and sensible, at the feet of Jesus. (Luke 8:35)
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Rev. 1:17• 17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, (Rev. 1:17)
the house.
Gen. 28:22• 22And this stone which I have set [for] a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. (Gen. 28:22)
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Gen. 35:1‑13• 1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to God that appeared to thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
 2And Jacob said to his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
 3and we will arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
 4And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that [were] in their hand, and the rings that [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [was] by Shechem.
 5And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
 6And Jacob came to Luz which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.
 7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-bethel; because there God had appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
 8And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died: and she was buried beneath Bethel, under the oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
 9And God appeared to Jacob again, after he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
 10And God said to him, Thy name [is] Jacob; thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name. And he called his name Israel.
 11And God said to him, I [am] God Almighty [El-Shaddai]; be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings out of thy loins shall come;
 12and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee will I give it; and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
 13And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. (Gen. 35:1‑13)
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2 Chron. 5:14• 14and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God. (2 Chron. 5:14)
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Eccl. 5:1• 1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God;{HR}For to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools:{HR}For they know not that they do evil. (Eccl. 5:1)
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1 Tim. 3:15• 15but if I should tarry, that thou mayest know how one ought to behave in God's house, seeing it is a living God's assembly, pillar and groundwork of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15)
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Heb. 10:21• 21and [having] a great priest over the house of God, (Heb. 10:21)
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1 Peter 4:17• 17Because the time [is] that judgment begin from the house of God; and if first from us, what [shall be] the end of those that obey not the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but God’s house, and this the gate of the heavens.