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Genesis 8

Gen. 8:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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While θthe 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
remaineth
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
s, seedtime
zera` (Hebrew #2233)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
KJV usage: X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing- time.
Pronounce: zeh'-rah
Origin: from 2232
and harvest
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
, and cold
qor (Hebrew #7120)
cold
KJV usage: cold.
Pronounce: kore
Origin: from the same as 7119
and heat
chom (Hebrew #2527)
heat
KJV usage: heat, to be hot (warm).
Pronounce: khome
Origin: from 2552
, and summer
qayits (Hebrew #7019)
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
KJV usage: summer (fruit, house).
Pronounce: kah'-yits
Origin: from 6972
and winter
choreph (Hebrew #2779)
properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age
KJV usage: cold, winter (-house), youth.
Pronounce: kho'-ref
Origin: from 2778
, and day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
and night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
shall not cease
shabath (Hebrew #7673)
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Pronounce: shaw-bath'
Origin: a primitive root
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as yet all the days of the earth.
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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)
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Jer. 33:20,25• 20Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
 25Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth, (Jer. 33:20,25)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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While the earth remaineth.
Heb. as yet all the days of theearth.
Isa. 54:8• 8In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer. (Isa. 54:8)
seed-time.Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man.
Gen. 45:6• 6For the famine has been these two years in the land; and yet there are five years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest. (Gen. 45:6)
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Ex. 34:21• 21--Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; in ploughing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. (Ex. 34:21)
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Psa. 74:16‑17• 16The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun:
 17*Thou* hast set all the borders of the earth; summer and winter--*thou* didst form them. (Psa. 74:16‑17)
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Song of Sol. 2:11‑12• 11For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
 12The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; (Song of Sol. 2:11‑12)
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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)
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Jer. 5:24• 24And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. (Jer. 5:24)
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James 5:7• 7Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain. (James 5:7)
day.
Jer. 31:35• 35Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for light by day, the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who stirreth up the sea so that the waves thereof roar,--Jehovah of hosts is his name: (Jer. 31:35)
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Jer. 33:20‑26• 20Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
 21then shall also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers.
 22As the host of the heavens cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
 23And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,
 24Hast thou not seen what this people have spoken, saying, The two families that Jehovah had chosen, he hath even cast them off? And they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
 25Thus saith Jehovah: If my covenant of day and night stand not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth,
 26then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them. (Jer. 33:20‑26)
• The chief of the new world acts in faith, and God answers in grace on this righteous ground. The earth was to be spared. (“The Early Chapters of Genesis: Chapter 8:20-22” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Henceforth, all the days of the earth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.