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].
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
Occurrences
10,937 total
- Genesis 21:16אֶת־Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
- Genesis 21:17אֶת־Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
- Genesis 21:18אֶת־; אֶת־Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- Genesis 21:19אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
- Genesis 21:25אֶת־But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
- Genesis 21:26אֶת־Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
- Genesis 21:28אֶת־Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,
- Genesis 21:30אֶת־; אֶת־He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
- Genesis 22:1אֶת־Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Genesis 22:2אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Genesis 22:3אֶת־; אֶת־; וְאֵ֖תSo Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Genesis 22:4אֶת־; אֶת־On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
- Genesis 22:6אֶת־; אֶת־; וְאֶת־Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
- Genesis 22:9אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־; אֹתוֹ֙ · himWhen they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
- Genesis 22:10אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
- Genesis 22:12אֶת־; אֶת־“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Genesis 22:13אֶת־; אֶת־Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
- Genesis 22:16אֶת־; אֶת־; אֶת־…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- Genesis 22:17אֶֽת־; אֵ֖תI will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 22:21אֶת־; וְאֶת־; וְאֶת־Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
- Genesis 22:22וְאֶת־; וְאֶת־; וְאֶת־; וְאֶת־; וְאֵ֖תChesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
- Genesis 22:23אֶת־And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 22:24אֶת־Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.