Genesis 17
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
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.
- אֵתʼêthH85323× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH128513× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- בֵּןbênH112112× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- מוּלmûwlH413511× in this chapter
to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
- הָיָהhâyâhH196110× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אַבְרָהָםʼAbrâhâmH8510× in this chapter
Abraham, the later name of Abram
- בֵּיןbêynH99610× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4309× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵתʼêthH8548× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22337× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- אָמַרʼâmarH5597× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81417× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- בַּיִתbayithH10046× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13206× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- אַחַרʼacharH3106× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- מְאֹדmᵉʼôdH39666× in this chapter
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
- נָתַןnâthanH54146× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- גּוֹיgôwyH14715× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- יָלַדyâladH32055× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- יִשְׁמָעֵאלYishmâʻêʼlH34585× in this chapter
Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עׇרְלָהʻorlâhH61905× in this chapter
the prepuce
- שֵׁםshêmH80345× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- זָכָרzâkârH21454× in this chapter
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
- יָלִידyâlîydH32114× in this chapter
born
- כֶּסֶףkeçephH37014× in this chapter
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מִקְנָהmiqnâhH47364× in this chapter
properly, a buying, i.e. acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
- עוֹלָםʻôwlâmH57694× in this chapter
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שָׂרָהSârâhH82834× in this chapter
Sarah, Abraham's wife
- אַבְרָםʼAbrâmH874× in this chapter
Abram, the original name of Abraham
- 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)
- דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דּוֹרdôwrH17553× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- זֶהzehH20883× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- יוֹםyôwmH31173× in this chapter
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)
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses