27 Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those two made a covenant.
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Genesis 21
World English Bible, Verse 27
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 21:27. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וַיִּקַּ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ צֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֔ר וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם בְּרִֽית׃
וַיִּקַּ֤ח
צֹ֣אן
וּבָקָ֔ר
וַיִּתֵּ֖ן
לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ
וַיִּכְרְת֥וּ
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἁβραὰμ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχους, καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ· καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην.
Καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἔλαβεν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- λαμβάνω
- Transliteration
- elaben
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it took, received
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To take, receive, or obtain.
- Occurrences
- 894
Ἁβραὰμ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Ἀβραάμ
- Transliteration
- Abraam
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Abraham
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Abraham.
- Occurrences
- 153
πρόβατα
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- πρόβατον
- Transliteration
- probata
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- sheep
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Sheep or flock animals.
- Occurrences
- 249
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
μόσχους
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- μόσχος
- Transliteration
- moschous
- Morphology
- noun, masculine accusative plural
- Gloss
- calves, young bulls
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Calf, young bull, or young animal.
- Occurrences
- 152
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἔδωκε
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- δίδωμι
- Transliteration
- edoke
- Morphology
- verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it gave
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To give.
- Occurrences
- 1384
τῷ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
Ἀβιμέλεχ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Ἀβιμέλεχ
- Transliteration
- Abimelech
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Abimelech
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Abimelech.
- Occurrences
- 77
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
διέθεντο
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- διέθεντο
- Transliteration
- diethento
- Morphology
- verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural pattern
- Gloss
- they were ...
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 9
ἀμφότεροι
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἀμφότεροι
- Transliteration
- amphoteroi
- Morphology
- nominative plural masculine pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 39
διαθήκην
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- διαθήκη
- Transliteration
- diatheken
- Morphology
- noun, feminine accusative singular
- Gloss
- covenant, testament
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Covenant, testament, or arrangement.
- Occurrences
- 314
Coverage: Torah
Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.
וּדְבַר אַבְרָהָם עָאן וְתוֹרִין וִיהַב לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּגְזָרוּ תַרְוֵיהוֹן קְיָם
וּדְבַר
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- דבר
- Transliteration
- wdbr
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root דבר
- Gloss
- and led, took, brought
- Occurrences
- 52
אַבְרָהָם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אברהם
- Transliteration
- 'brhm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 152
עָאן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עאן
- Transliteration
- ''n
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 10
וְתוֹרִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תורין
- Transliteration
- wtwryn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 50
וִיהַב
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- יהב
- Transliteration
- wyhb
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root יהב
- Gloss
- and gave, placed
- Occurrences
- 180
לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אבימלך
- Transliteration
- l'bymlk
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 24
וּגְזָרוּ
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גזרו
- Transliteration
- wgzrw
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4
תַרְוֵיהוֹן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תרויהון
- Transliteration
- trwyhwn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 34
קְיָם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קים
- Transliteration
- qym
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 86
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܕܒ̣ܪ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܥܢܐ ܘܬܘܪ̈ܐ. ܘܝܗ̣ܒ ܠܐܒܝܡܠܟ. ܘܐܩܝܡܘ ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܩܝܡܐ.
ܘܕܒ̣ܪ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WDB#R
- Morphology
- W-DBR[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܐܒܪܗܡ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- >BRHM
- Morphology
- >BRHM/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܥܢܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- <N>
- Morphology
- <N/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܬܘܪ̈ܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WTWR">
- Morphology
- W-TWR/(J~>
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܝܗ̣ܒ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- WJH#B
- Morphology
- W-JHB[
- Occurrences
- 0
ܠܐܒܝܡܠܟ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- L>BJMLK
- Morphology
- L->BJMLK/
- Occurrences
- 0
ܘܐܩܝܡܘ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- W>QJMW
- Morphology
- W-]>]Q(W&JM[W
- Occurrences
- 0
ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- TR"JHWN
- Morphology
- TR/J=-HWN
- Occurrences
- 0
ܩܝܡܐ
- Confidence
- medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
- Note
- OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
- Transliteration
- QJM>
- Morphology
- QJM/~>
- Occurrences
- 0
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Tulit itaque Abraham oves et boves, et dedit Abimelech: percusseruntque ambo fœdus.
tulit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fero
- Transliteration
- tulit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 392
itaque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- itaque
- Transliteration
- itaque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 371
Abraham
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Abraham
- Transliteration
- Abraham
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 214
oves
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ouis
- Transliteration
- oves
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 227
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
boves
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bos
- Transliteration
- boves
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 227
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
dedit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- do
- Transliteration
- dedit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2116
Abimelech
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- abimelech
- Transliteration
- Abimelech
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 24
percusseruntque
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- percutio
- Transliteration
- percusseruntque
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 576
{percusseruntque}
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- que
- Transliteration
- {percusseruntque}
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 4392
ambo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ambo
- Transliteration
- ambo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 51
foedus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- foedus
- Transliteration
- foedus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 213
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Ezekiel 17:13
He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
2 relevance votes1 Samuel 18:3
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
2 relevance votesGenesis 31:44
Now come, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be for a witness between me and you.”
2 relevance votesProverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
2 relevance votesIsaiah 32:8
But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
2 relevance votesRomans 1:31
without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
2 relevance votesProverbs 18:24
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
2 relevance votesProverbs 17:8
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
2 relevance votesProverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
2 relevance votesGalatians 3:15
Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void or adds to it.
2 relevance votes