King James Version
Genesis 1:27 in the King James Version says “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
Genesis 1:27 · KJV
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
“So God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“in his own image”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
“in his own image”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
“So God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“he him male”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“created”
H1254(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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