What Does Deuteronomy 8:18 Mean?

“But thou shalt remember”

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

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

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“for it is he that giveth”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“thee power”

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)

“to get”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“wealth”

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“that he may establish”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“his covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“unto thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“as it is this day”

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 asso

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that