King James Version
Exodus 1:7 in the King James Version says “And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.”
Exodus 1:7 · KJV
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. loins: Heb. thigh
And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and increased abundantly”
H8317to wriggle, i.e., (by implication) swarm or abound
“mighty”
H6105to bind fast, i.e., close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerous; to crunch the bones
“and waxed exceeding”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“and waxed exceeding”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“was filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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