KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Genesis 8:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| 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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| “While” | עֹ֖ד | Properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more | While |
| “the earth” | הָאָ֑רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
| “remaineth,” | יְמֵ֣י | 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) | remaineth |
| “seedtime” | זֶ֡רַע | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seedtime |
| “and harvest,” | וְ֠קָצִיר | Severed, i.e., harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively | harvest |
| “and cold” | וְקֹ֨ר | Cold | cold |
| “and heat,” | וָחֹ֜ם | Heat | heat |
| “and summer” | וְקַ֧יִץ | Harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season | summer |
| “and winter,” | וָחֹ֛רֶף | Properly, the crop gathered, i.e., (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season; figuratively, ripeness of age | winter |
| “and day” | וְי֥וֹם | 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 night” | וָלַ֖יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “shall not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “cease.” | יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ׃ | To repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific) | cease |
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20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
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