אֵת

hebrewOld TestamentParticle10,937 occurrences39 books6,751 verses

Definition

apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
Traditional renderings: [as such unrepresented in English].

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֵת:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10,937 total
  1. Genesis 4:2אֶת־; אֶת־
    Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
  2. Genesis 4:11אֶת־; אֶת־
    Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  3. Genesis 4:12אֶת־
    When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
  4. Genesis 4:14אֹתִ֜י · this
    Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
  5. Genesis 4:15אֹת֖וֹ · him
    “Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
  6. Genesis 4:17אֶת־; אֶת־
    And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
  7. Genesis 4:18אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־
    Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
  8. Genesis 4:20אֶת־
    Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
  9. Genesis 4:22אֶת־
    And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
  10. Genesis 4:25אֶת־; אֶת־
    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
  11. Genesis 4:26אֶת־
    And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
  12. Genesis 5:1אֹתֽוֹ׃ · him
    This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
  13. Genesis 5:2אֹתָ֗ם · them; אֶת־
    Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
  14. Genesis 5:3אֶת־
    When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
  15. Genesis 5:4אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
  16. Genesis 5:6אֶת־
    When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
  17. Genesis 5:7אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
  18. Genesis 5:9אֶת־
    When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
  19. Genesis 5:10אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
  20. Genesis 5:12אֶת־
    When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
  21. Genesis 5:13אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
  22. Genesis 5:15אֶת־
    When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
  23. Genesis 5:16אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
  24. Genesis 5:18אֶת־
    When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
  25. Genesis 5:19אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
  26. Genesis 5:21אֶת־
    When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
  27. Genesis 5:22אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
  28. Genesis 5:24אֹת֖וֹ
    Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
  29. Genesis 5:25אֶת־
    When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
  30. Genesis 5:26אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
  31. Genesis 5:29אֶת־
    And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  32. Genesis 5:30אֶת־
    And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
  33. Genesis 5:32אֶת־ · After; אֶת־; וְאֶת־
    After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  34. Genesis 6:2אֶת־
    …the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
  35. Genesis 6:6אֶת־
    And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  36. Genesis 6:7אֶת־
    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  37. Genesis 6:10אֶת־ · And; אֶת־; וְאֶת־
    And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  38. Genesis 6:12אֶת־
    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.