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Genesis 4

Gen. 4:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he 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
, What
mah (Hebrew #4100)
or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
KJV usage: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Pronounce: maw
Origin: or mah {mah}
hast thou 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
? the voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of thy brother’s
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
ψblood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
t crieth
tsa`aq (Hebrew #6817)
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
KJV usage: X at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: tsaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me from the ground
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
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What.
blood.
Heb. bloods.
crieth.
Gen. 18:20• 20And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous, (Gen. 18:20)
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Ex. 3:7• 7And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. (Ex. 3:7)
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2 Kings 9:26• 26Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah. (2 Kings 9:26)
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Job 16:18• 18O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry! (Job 16:18)
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Job 24:12• 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety. (Job 24:12)
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Job 31:38‑39• 38If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:
(Job 31:38‑39)
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Psa. 9:12• 12For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten. (Psa. 9:12)
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Psa. 72:14• 14He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:14)
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Isa. 5:7• 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:7)
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Acts 5:3,9• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?
9And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Lo, the feet of those that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
(Acts 5:3,9)
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Heb. 11:4• 4By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained testimony of being righteous, God bearing testimony to his gifts, and by it, having died, he yet speaks. (Heb. 11:4)
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Heb. 12:24• 24and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to the blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel. (Heb. 12:24)
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James 5:4• 4Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:4)
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Rev. 6:10• 10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth? (Rev. 6:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.