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Genesis 7

Gen. 7:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And 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
died
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
that moved
ramas (Hebrew #7430)
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
KJV usage: creep, move.
Pronounce: raw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
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
, both of fowl
`owph (Hebrew #5775)
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
KJV usage: bird, that flieth, flying, fowl.
Pronounce: ofe
Origin: from 5774
, and of cattle
bhemah (Hebrew #929)
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV usage: beast, cattle.
Pronounce: be-hay-maw'
Origin: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
, and of beast
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
, and of every creeping thing
sherets (Hebrew #8318)
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
KJV usage: creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
Pronounce: sheh'-rets
Origin: from 8317
that creepeth
sharats (Hebrew #8317)
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
KJV usage: breed (bring forth, increase) abundantly (in abundance), creep, move.
Pronounce: shaw-rats'
Origin: a primitive root
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
, and every man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
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Job 22:15‑17• 15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
 17Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? (Job 22:15‑17)

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Beast,
Cattle,
Earth,
Flesh,
Fowl,
Man

Cross References

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Gen. 7:4• 4For in yet seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living being which I have made will I destroy from the ground. (Gen. 7:4)
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Gen. 6:6‑7,13,17• 6And Jehovah repented that he had made Man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
 7And Jehovah said, I will destroy Man, whom I have created, from the earth--from man to cattle, to creeping things, and to fowl of the heavens; for I repent that I have made them.
 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.
 17For 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. (Gen. 6:6‑7,13,17)
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Job 22:15‑17• 15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
 17Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? (Job 22:15‑17)
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Isa. 24:6,19• 6Therefore doth the curse devour the earth, and they that dwell therein are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are consumed, and few men are left.
 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved. (Isa. 24:6,19)
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Jer. 4:22‑27• 22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
 23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.
 24I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.
 25I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
 26I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.
 27For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end. (Jer. 4:22‑27)
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Jer. 12:3‑4• 3But thou, Jehovah, knowest me; thou hast seen me, and proved my heart toward thee. Drag them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
 4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of all the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts and the birds perish; for they say, He will not see our end. (Jer. 12:3‑4)
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Hos. 4:3• 3For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. (Hos. 4:3)
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Joel 1:17‑20• 17The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
 18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.
 19To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
 20The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Joel 1:17‑20)
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Joel 2:3• 3A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them. (Joel 2:3)
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Zeph. 1:3• 3I will take away man and beast; I will take away the fowl of the heavens and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked, and I will cut off mankind from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah. (Zeph. 1:3)
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Matt. 24:39• 39and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man. (Matt. 24:39)
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Luke 17:27• 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them; (Luke 17:27)
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Rom. 8:20,22• 20for the creature has been made subject to vanity, not of its will, but by reason of him who has subjected the same, in hope
 22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now. (Rom. 8:20,22)
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2 Peter 2:5• 5and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (2 Peter 2:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all flesh that moved on the earth expired, fowl as well as cattle, and beasts, and all crawlinga things which crawla on the earth, and all mankind:

JND Translation Notes

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Or "swarming ... swarm."