Exodus 2:16
Strong's Lexicon
Now the priest
וּלְכֹהֵ֥ן (ū·lə·ḵō·hên)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

of Midian
מִדְיָ֖ן (miḏ·yān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4080: Midian or Midianite = 'strife' n pr m 1) son of Abraham by Keturah and progenitor of the tribe of Midianites or Arabians 2) the tribe descended from Midian n pr loc 3) the territory of the tribe descended from Midian; located principally in the desert north of the Arabian peninsula; land to which Moses went when he fled from Pharaoh

had seven
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: 1) seven (cardinal number) 1a) as ordinal number 1b) in combination-17, 700 etc

daughters,
בָּנ֑וֹת (bā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

and they came
וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה (wat·tā·ḇō·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

to draw water
וַתִּדְלֶ֗נָה (wat·tiḏ·le·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1802: 1) to draw, dangle 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw 1a2) drawing advice (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to draw up

and fill
וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ (wat·tə·mal·le·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4390: 1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the troughs
הָ֣רְהָטִ֔ים (hā·rə·hā·ṭîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7298: 1) trough, hollow 2) lock of hair 2a) meaning dubious

to water
לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת (lə·haš·qō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8248: 1) to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to water, irrigate 1a2) to water, give drink to 1b) (Pual) to be watered 1c) (Niphal) variant

their father’s
אֲבִיהֶֽן׃ (’ă·ḇî·hen)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

flock.
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Young's Literal Translation
And to a priest of Midian [are] seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

New American Standard Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

King James Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father's flock.

New Living Translation
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father's flocks.

English Standard Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

New American Standard Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

King James Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father's sheep.

NET Bible
Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.

American Standard Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

English Revised Version
Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

Young's Literal Translation
And to a priest of Midian are seven daughters, and they come and draw, and fill the troughs, to water the flock of their father,
















Cross References
Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 29:2
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.

Genesis 29:6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

Genesis 29:9
And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 29:10
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Exodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Exodus 18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;

Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.

1 Samuel 9:11
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
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