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Lexicon :: Strong's H376 - 'îš

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אִישׁ
Transliteration
'îš
Pronunciation
eesh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (H582) [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 83a

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x

The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x
The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

  1. man

    1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

    2. husband

    3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

    4. servant

    5. mankind

    6. champion

    7. great man

  2. whosoever

  3. each (adjective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.
STRONGS H376: Abbreviations
אִישׁ 2166 noun masculine man (= vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prätl.c., but DHMZMG 1883, 330) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:23 +; construct Genesis 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי Genesis 29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁים Psalm 141:4 + 2 times (Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים Genesis 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ which see; construct אַנְשֵׁי Judges 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי 1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Genesis 2:23, 24; Leviticus 20:27; Numbers 5:6; Deuteronomy 17:2f; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 8:25; Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Genesis 19:8; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 38:25; Exodus 22:15; Leviticus 15:16 (שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) Leviticus 15:18 (בֶּןא׳ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ׳־ז׳ וְאִשָּׁה) Leviticus 20:10f; Numbers 5:13f; Deuteronomy 22:22f; Isaiah 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Genesis 3:6, 16; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 29:32, 34; Leviticus 21:7; Numbers 30:7f; Deuteronomy 28:56; Judges 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1 Samuel 25:19; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of י׳ as husband of Israel אִישִׁי Hosea 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Ecclesiastes 6:3; of male child Genesis 4:1 compare זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1 Samuel 1:11; man, opposed to beast Exodus 11:7; Leviticus 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Genesis 32:29; Numbers 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hosea 11:9 compare Isaiah 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17, 22 [**אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; ToyHpt אוֺנִים (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isaiah 8:1); אַמַּת־אִישׁ Deuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted אָדָם Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10; man, as valiant 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so, 1 Kings 2:2 compare 1 Samuel 26:15; so אִישׁ חַיִל [H381 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42] +; also אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Numbers 31:49; Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 +; even of י׳ Exodus 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן א׳ Genesis 42:30, 33, שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט א׳ Exodus 2:14, כֹּהֵן א׳ Leviticus 21:9, סָרִיס א׳ Jeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי Genesis 39:1; Exodus 2:11, 19 compare Genesis 37:28; Genesis 38:1, 2; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 30:11, 13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Numbers 25:6; Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Joshua 7:4, 5 +; also singular collective Deuteronomy 27:14; Joshua 9:6, 7; Judges 20:11; 1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; [H382 2 Samuel 10:6, 8] (טוֺב א׳); (so MI10; MI13); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 23:3; f 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 25:13 — Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 9:6f; 1 Kings 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה א׳ see above; שֵׂיבָה א׳ Deuteronomy 32:25, הַדָּמִים א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7, מָוֶת א׳ 1 Kings 2:26, חָמָס א׳ Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה א׳ Genesis 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה א׳ Genesis 9:20 (compare Zechariah 13:5), א׳ הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 17:23, בְּשׂרָה א׳ 2 Samuel 18:20, אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42, רֵעִים א׳ Proverbs 18:24; often distributive = each, every Genesis 9:5; Genesis 10:5; Genesis 40:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1 Chronicles 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּר־לֶחֶם; of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:30, 36; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Exodus 36:4; Numbers 4:19, 49; Ezekiel 14:4, 7 +; any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Leviticus 15:2; Leviticus 22:4, 18 +; of gods 2 Kings 18:33 = Isaiah 36:18; one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישׁ־ אֶת־אָחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ אָחִיו Deuteronomy 1:16; Micah 7:2 (see אָח), רֵעֵהוּ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ Genesis 11:3, 7 + (see רֵעַ) of inanimate things Genesis 15:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 2:24; 3:6; 3:16; 4:1; 7:2; 9:5; 9:20; 10:5; 11:3; 11:7; 12:20; 15:10; 16:3; 19:8; 24:16; 25:27; 25:27; 29:32; 29:32; 29:34; 32:29; 37:28; 38:1; 38:2; 38:25; 39:1; 39:14; 40:5; 42:30; 42:33

Exodus

2:11; 2:14; 2:19; 11:7; 12:3; 15:3; 22:15; 32:27; 34:3; 34:24; 36:4

Leviticus

15:2; 15:16; 15:18; 20:10; 20:15; 20:27; 21:7; 21:9; 22:4; 22:18

Numbers

4:19; 4:49; 5:6; 5:13; 23:19; 25:6; 30:7; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:16; 2:14; 2:16; 3:11; 17:2; 22:22; 27:14; 28:56; 32:25; 33:1; 33:8

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:21; 7:4; 7:5; 8:25; 9:6; 9:7; 14:6

Judges

6:27; 10:1; 13:8; 20:11

Ruth

1:3

1 Samuel

1:11; 4:9; 7:11; 9:6; 11:8; 17:4; 17:12; 17:23; 18:27; 23:3; 23:12; 24:3; 25:13; 25:19; 26:15; 30:11; 30:13; 31:7

2 Samuel

7:14; 16:7; 16:7; 18:20

1 Kings

2:2; 2:26; 7:30; 7:36; 12:13; 20:42

2 Kings

18:33

1 Chronicles

16:3

Job

9:32; 12:10; 32:13; 42:11

Psalms

22:7; 49:3; 62:10; 140:12; 141:4

Proverbs

3:31; 18:24

Ecclesiastes

6:3

Isaiah

4:1; 8:1; 31:8; 36:18; 40:13

Jeremiah

29:6; 38:7; 40:7

Ezekiel

14:4; 14:7; 16:45; 24:17; 24:17; 24:22; 24:22

Hosea

2:18; 9:4; 11:9

Micah

7:2

Zechariah

13:5

H376

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Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 2,183 times in 1,847 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 37 (Gen 24:61–Gen 42:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:61

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: H376 and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:65

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - For she had said unto the servant, What man H376 is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:27 - And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man H376 of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, H376 dwelling in tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man H376 or his wife shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - And the man H376 waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one H376 to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, H376 and I am a smooth man: H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:19 - And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: H376 abide with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband H376 will love me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband H376 be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? H376 and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: H376 and she called his name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:20 - And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband H376 dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man H376 increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one H376 from another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man H376 is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:6 - And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men H376 with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man H376 with him until the breaking of the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:28 - And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. H376 And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one H376 that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man H376 his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - And a certain man H376 found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man H376 asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - And the man H376 said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:19 - And they said one H376 to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:1 - And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain H376 Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:2 - And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain H376 Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:22 - And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, H376 whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, H376 bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; H376 and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men H376 of the house there within.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew H376 unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man H376 his dream in one night, each man H376 according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man H376 according to the interpretation of his dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man H376 according to his dream he did interpret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man H376 discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:38 - And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man H376 in whom the Spirit of God is?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man H376 lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all one man's H376 sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man H376 in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said one H376 to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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