Genesis 14
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela(the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
12And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442827× in this chapter
a king
- אֵתʼêthH85319× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- הוּאhûwʼH19319× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- סְדֹםÇᵉdômH54678× in this chapter
Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8348× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אֵתʼêthH8548× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- אַבְרָםʼAbrâmH878× in this chapter
Abram, the original name of Abraham
- כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵלʼêlH4136× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אָחʼâchH2515× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- כְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶרKᵉdorlâʻômerH35405× in this chapter
Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king
- לָקַחlâqachH39475× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- עֵמֶקʻêmeqH60105× in this chapter
a vale (i.e. broad depression)
- רְכוּשׁrᵉkûwshH73995× in this chapter
property (as gathered)
- אֵלʼêlH4104× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- נָכָהnâkâhH52214× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עַדʻadH57044× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- עֶלְיוֹןʻelyôwnH59454× in this chapter
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
- עֲמֹרָהʻĂmôrâhH60174× in this chapter
Amorah, a place in Palestine
- עָשָׂרʻâsârH62404× in this chapter
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
- שׁוּבshûwbH77254× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- בָרַךְbârakH12883× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33183× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- שִׂדִּיםSiddîymH77083× in this chapter
Siddim, a valley in Palestine
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81413× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בֶּלַעBelaʻH11062× in this chapter
Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
- אַדְמָהʼAdmâhH1262× in this chapter
Admah, a place near the Dead Sea
- גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- הֵםhêmH19922× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- חֵלֶקchêleqH25062× in this chapter
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- חַצְצוֹן תָּמָרChatsᵉtsôwn TâmârH26882× in this chapter
Chatsetson-tamar, a place in Palestine
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- אֵיל פָּארָןʼÊyl PâʼrânH3642× in this chapter
El-Paran, a portion of the district of Paran
- לוֹטLôwṭH38762× in this chapter
Lot, Abraham's nephew