KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 2:3 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
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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 God” | אֱלֹהִים֙ | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “blessed” | וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ | To kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) | blessed |
| “the seventh” | הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | Seventh | seventh |
| “day,” | י֣וֹם | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |
| “and sanctified” | וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ | To be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) | sanctified |
| “it: because” | כִּ֣י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | because |
| “that in it he had rested” | שָׁבַת֙ | To repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific) | rested |
| “from all” | מִכָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “his work” | מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ | Properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor) | work |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “God” | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “created” | בָּרָ֥א | (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) | created |
| “and made.” | לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | made |
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1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
• Genesis creation narrative Wikipedia Article
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