KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 8:24 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.”
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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 the Lord” | יְהוָה֙ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “did” | וַיַּ֤עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “so;” | כֵּ֔ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “and there came” | וַיָּבֹא֙ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | came |
| “a grievous” | כָּבֵ֔ד | Heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid) | grievous |
| “swarm” | עָרֹ֣ב | A mosquito (from its swarming) | swarm |
| “of flies” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “into the house” | בֵּ֥יתָה | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Pharaoh,” | פַרְעֹ֖ה | Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings | Pharaoh |
| “and his servants'” | עֲבָדָ֑יו | A servant | servants |
| “into” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “houses,” | וּבֵ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | houses |
| “and into all” | וּבְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the land” | אֶ֧רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “of Egypt:” | מִצְרַ֛יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “the land” | הָאָ֖רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “was corrupted” | תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת | To decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) | corrupted |
| “by reason of” | מִפְּנֵ֥י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | reason |
| “the swarm” | הֶֽעָרֹֽב׃ | A mosquito (from its swarming) | swarm |
| “of flies.” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) |
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22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
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