KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 9:3 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.”
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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| “Every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | Every |
| “moving thing” | רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ | A reptile or any other rapidly moving animal | moving thing |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “liveth” | חַ֔י | Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively | liveth |
| “shall be” | יִֽהְיֶ֖ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | shall be |
| “meat” | לְאָכְלָ֑ה | Food | meat |
| “for you; even as the green” | כְּיֶ֣רֶק | Properly, pallor, i.e., hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e., grass or vegetation | even green |
| “herb” | עֵ֔שֶׂב | Grass (or any tender shoot) | herb |
| “have I given” | נָתַ֥תִּי | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | given |
| “you” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | you |
| “all things.” | כֹּֽל׃ | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all things |
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1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
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