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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the fear of you
mowra' (Hebrew #4172)
or morah (Psa. 9:20) {mo-raw'}; from 3372; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed
KJV usage: dread, (that ought to be) fear(-ed), terribleness, terror.
Pronounce: mo-raw'
Origin: or morat {mo-raw'}
u and the dread of you
chath (Hebrew #2844)
concretely, crushed; also afraid; abstractly, terror
KJV usage: broken, dismayed, dread, fear.
Pronounce: khath
Origin: from 2865
shall be upon every 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
of 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 upon every 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
of the air
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'}
, upon all that moveth
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
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
, and upon all the fishes
dag (Hebrew #1709)
from 1711; a fish (as prolific); or perhaps rather from 1672 (as timid); but still better from 1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used collectively)
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: dawg
Origin: or (fully) dag (Nehemiah 13:16) {dawg}
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
; into your hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
are they delivered
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 8:6• 6Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet: (Psa. 8:6)
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Hos. 2:18• 18And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely. (Hos. 2:18)
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James 3:7• 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species; (James 3:7)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 1:28• 28And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth. (Gen. 1:28)
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Gen. 2:19• 19And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Man, to see what he would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its name. (Gen. 2:19)
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Gen. 35:5• 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. (Gen. 35:5)
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Lev. 26:6,22• 6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.
 22And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate. (Lev. 26:6,22)
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Job 5:22‑23• 22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.
 23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. (Job 5:22‑23)
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Psa. 8:4‑8• 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
 5Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.
 6Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:
 7Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;
 8The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas. (Psa. 8:4‑8)
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Psa. 104:20‑23• 20Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest creep forth:
 21The young lions roar after the prey, and to seek their food from *God.
 22The sun ariseth, they retreat, and lay them down in their dens.
 23Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening. (Psa. 104:20‑23)
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Ezek. 34:25• 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. (Ezek. 34:25)
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Hos. 2:18• 18And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely. (Hos. 2:18)
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James 3:7• 7For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species; (James 3:7)
• The animals, the birds, the fishes, were placed, An exception being made of their life, In the hands and under the power of Adam and of his family. (“Comparison of Adam With Noah”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth on the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.