Deuteronomy 6:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ תִּירָ֖א וְאֹת֣וֹ תַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ

Transliteration

ʾEt-YHWH ʾĕlōhêka tîrāʾ and-wĕʾōtô taʿăbōd and-in-ûbišmô tiššābēaʿ

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêka*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*tîrāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall fear
*wĕ-ʾōtô*: conjunction + direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and him
*taʿăbōd*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall serve
*û-bi-šmô*: conjunction + preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and by his name
*tiššābēaʿ*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall swear

Word Meanings

*tîrāʾ*: fear/revere/be afraid
*taʿăbōd*: serve/work for/worship
*šēm*: name/reputation/renown
*tiššābēaʿ*: swear/take an oath

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 4:8 : 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Matt 4:10 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice{H8799)} in God; every one that sweareth{H8737)} by him shall glory{H8691)}: but the mouth of them that speak{H8802)} lies shall be stopped{H8735)}.
Deut 13:4 : 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Josh 2:12 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
Lev 19:12 : 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Isa 45:23 : 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isa 65:16 : 16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
Jer 12:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
Jer 5:7 : 7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Deut 5:29 : 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deut 6:2 : 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 10:20-21
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20Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
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35With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
36But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
37And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
38And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
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6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
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Josh 24:14
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Deut 8:19
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Deut 11:1
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1Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.