Genesis 9
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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.
- כֹּלkôlH360521× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אֵתʼêthH85315× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- הָיָהhâyâhH196112× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- בֵּיןbêynH99612× in this chapter
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH77611× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83410× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- חַיchayH24169× in this chapter
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
- נֹחַNôachH51469× in this chapter
Noach, the patriarch of the flood
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4308× 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
- אֵתʼêthH8548× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12857× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53157× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5597× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13206× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אָבʼâbH15× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בֵּןbênH11215× 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.)
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1205× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻanH36675× in this chapter
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- דָּםdâmH18184× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- יָדyâdH30274× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- מַבּוּלmabbûwlH39994× in this chapter
a deluge
- נָתַןnâthanH54144× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56504× in this chapter
a servant
- עָנָןʻânânH60514× in this chapter
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72004× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- שֵׁםShêmH80354× in this chapter
Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81414× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- דָּרַשׁdârashH18753× in this chapter
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
- אוֹתʼôwthH2263× in this chapter
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
- אָחʼâchH2513× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- חָםChâmH25263× in this chapter
Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
- יֶפֶתYephethH33153× in this chapter
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עוֹדʻôwdH57503× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- עֶרְוָהʻervâhH61723× in this chapter
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
- קוּםqûwmH69653× in this chapter
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- קֶשֶׁתqeshethH71983× in this chapter
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
- רָבָהrâbâhH72353× in this chapter
to increase (in whatever respect)