KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 13:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.”
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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 it shall be” | וְהָיָ֤ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | And it shall be |
| “for a token” | לְאוֹת֙ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | token |
| “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,” | יָ֣דְכָ֔ה | 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 for frontlets” | וּלְטֽוֹטָפֹ֖ת | A fillet for the forehead | frontlets |
| “between” | בֵּ֣ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
| “thine eyes:” | עֵינֶ֑יךָ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | thine eyes |
| “for” | כִּ֚י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “by strength” | בְּחֹ֣זֶק | Power | strength |
| “of hand” | יָ֔ד | 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] | hand |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “brought us forth” | הֽוֹצִיאָ֥נוּ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | brought forth |
| “out of Egypt.” | מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | out Egypt |
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14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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