King James Version
Genesis 40:21 in the King James Version says “And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:”
Genesis 40:21 · KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. lift: or, reckon thee, and take thy office from thee
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday , that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. lifted: or, reckoned
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he restored”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“unto his butlership”
H4945properly, causing to drink, i.e., a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“unto his butlership”
H4945properly, causing to drink, i.e., a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
“and he gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“the cup”
H3563a cup (as a container), often figuratively, some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
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