KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Deuteronomy 6:8 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And thou shalt bind” | וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם | To tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) | bind |
| “them for a sign” | לְא֖וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “thine hand,” | יָדֶ֑ךָ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | thine hand |
| “and they shall be” | וְהָי֥וּ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | and they shall be |
| “as frontlets” | לְטֹֽטָפֹ֖ת | A fillet for the forehead | frontlets |
| “between” | בֵּ֥ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “thine eyes.” | עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | thine eyes |
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6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
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