Go
Articles on

Genesis 6

Gen. 6:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
17
And, behold
hinneh (Hebrew #2009)
lo!
KJV usage: behold, lo, see.
Pronounce: hin-nay'
Origin: prolongation for 2005
, I
'aniy (Hebrew #589)
I
KJV usage: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.
Pronounce: an-ee'
Origin: contracted from 595
, even Id, do bring
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
a flood
mabbuwl (Hebrew #3999)
from 2986 in the sense of flowing; a deluge: --flood.
Pronounce: mab-bool'
of waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
upon the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, to destroy
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
all flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
, wherein is the breath
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
, from under
tachath (Hebrew #8478)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
KJV usage: as, beneath, X flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, X unto, X when...was mine, whereas, (where-)fore, with.
Pronounce: takh'-ath
Origin: from the same as 8430
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'}
; and every thing
kol (Hebrew #3605)
from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV usage: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}
that is in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
shall die
gava` (Hebrew #1478)
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
KJV usage: die, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.
Pronounce: gaw-vah'
Origin: a primitive root
.
d
Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring.
 4Above the voices of many mighty waters,{HR}Breakers of the sea, mighty [is] Jehovah on high. (Psa. 93:3‑4)
;
Amos 9:6• 6It is he that buildeth his upper chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name. (Amos 9:6)

More on:

+
Earth,
Flesh,
Heaven,
Life,
The Flood

Cross References

+
behold.
Gen. 6:13• 13And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me, for the earth is full of violence through them; and behold I will destroy them with the earth. (Gen. 6:13)
;
Gen. 7:4,21‑23• 4For yet seven days and I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and all the living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
 21And all flesh that moved upon the earth expired, bird and cattle and beast and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all mankind:
 22all died which [had] breath of spirit of life, of all that [was] in dry [land].
 23And every living substance which [was] on the face of the ground from man to cattle and to reptile and to bird of the heavens; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only remained, and what [was] with him in the ark. (Gen. 7:4,21‑23)
;
Gen. 9:9• 9And I, behold I, establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; (Gen. 9:9)
;
Ex. 14:17• 17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen. (Ex. 14:17)
;
Lev. 26:28• 28then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you sevenfold for your sins. (Lev. 26:28)
;
Deut. 32:39• 39See now that I, even I, am he,{HR}And there is no god with me:{HR}I kill, and I make alive;{HR}I wound, and I heal:{HR}Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. (Deut. 32:39)
;
Psa. 29:10• 10Jehovah hath sat upon the flood,{HR}Yea, Jehovah sitteth king forever. (Psa. 29:10)
;
Isa. 51:12• 12I, I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou art afraid of weak man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [that] shall be made [as] grass; (Isa. 51:12)
;
Ezek. 5:8• 8Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. (Ezek. 5:8)
;
Ezek. 6:3• 3and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. (Ezek. 6:3)
;
Ezek. 34:11,20• 11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
 20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle, and between the lean cattle. (Ezek. 34:11,20)
;
Hos. 5:14• 14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver. (Hos. 5:14)
;
2 Peter 2:5• 5and spared not an ancient world but preserved Noah an eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought a flood upon a world of ungodly ones; (2 Peter 2:5)
bring.
Gen. 7:4,17,21‑23• 4For yet seven days and I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and all the living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.
 17And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
 21And all flesh that moved upon the earth expired, bird and cattle and beast and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all mankind:
 22all died which [had] breath of spirit of life, of all that [was] in dry [land].
 23And every living substance which [was] on the face of the ground from man to cattle and to reptile and to bird of the heavens; and they were blotted out from the earth; and Noah only remained, and what [was] with him in the ark. (Gen. 7:4,17,21‑23)
;
Job 22:16• 16Who were snatched away untimely:{HR}A flood was poured on their foundation; (Job 22:16)
;
Psa. 29:10• 10Jehovah hath sat upon the flood,{HR}Yea, Jehovah sitteth king forever. (Psa. 29:10)
;
Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring.
 4Above the voices of many mighty waters,{HR}Breakers of the sea, mighty [is] Jehovah on high. (Psa. 93:3‑4)
;
Psa. 107:34• 34A fruitful land to saltness{HR}For the wickedness of those dwelling in it. (Psa. 107:34)
;
Isa. 54:9• 9For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me; since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. (Isa. 54:9)
;
Amos 9:6• 6It is he that buildeth his upper chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah is his name. (Amos 9:6)
;
Matt. 24:39• 39and they knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. (Matt. 24:39)
;
Luke 17:27• 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them]. (Luke 17:27)
;
Heb. 11:7• 7By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith. (Heb. 11:7)
;
1 Peter 3:20• 20disobedient aforetime when the long-suffering of God was waiting in Noah's days, while an ark was being prepared, in which few, that is eight souls, were brought safe through water; (1 Peter 3:20)
is the.
Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
;
Gen. 7:15• 15And they went unto Noah into the ark, two [and] two of all flesh wherein was the breath of life. (Gen. 7:15)
shall die.
Gen. 6:7• 7And Jehovah said, I will wipe out man whom I have created, from the face of the ground—from man to cattle, to reptiles, and to bird of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them. (Gen. 6:7)
;
Psa. 107:34• 34A fruitful land to saltness{HR}For the wickedness of those dwelling in it. (Psa. 107:34)
;
Rom. 5:12‑14,21• 12On this account as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death, and thus death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:
 13(for until law sin was in [the] world, but no sin is put to account when there is no law;
 14but death reigned from Adam till Moses even over those that had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of the coming [one].
 21that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:12‑14,21)
;
Rom. 6:23• 23For the wages of sin [is] death, but the free gift of God life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 6:23)
;
Rom. 8:20‑22• 20For to vanity the creation was subjected, not willingly but on account of him that subjected [it], in hope
 21that the creation itself too shall be freed from the bondage of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
 22For we know that all the creation groaneth together and travaileth together until now; (Rom. 8:20‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
17
For I, behold, I bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh under the heavens in which is the breath of life: everything that is on the earth shall expire.

W. Kelly Translation

+
17
And I, behold I, bring the flood of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh wherein [is] the breath of life: all that [is] in the earth shall expire.