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Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
Lest not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation) Adv H3361 μή me (may)
fornicator, a fornicator N-NMS H4205 πόρνος pornos (por'-nos)
or or, than Conj H2228 ἢ e (ay)
profane person, permitted to be trodden, by impl. unhallowed Adj-NMS H952 βέβηλος bebelos (beb'-ay-los)
as as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as Adv H5613 ὡς hos (hoce)
Esau, Esau N-NMS H2269 Ἠσαῦ Esau (ay-sow')
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who usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-NMS H3739 ὃς hos (hos)
sold to give up, give back, return, restore V-AIM-3S H591 ἀπέδετο apodidomi (ap-od-eed'-o-mee)
birthright. the rights of the first-born N-ANP H4415 πρωτοτόκια prototokia (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah)
morsel of meat eating, food N-GFS H1035 βρώσεως brosis (bro'-sis)

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Esau

Esau [N] [H] [S] hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son ( Genesis 25:25 ). The name of Edom, "red", was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil "pottage" for which he sold his birthright (30,31). The circumstances connected with his birth foreshadowed the enmity which afterwards subsisted between the twin brothers and the nations they founded ( Genesis 25:22  Gene... View Details

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King James Bible Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Berean Bible Lest lest there be any fornicator, fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat meal sold his birthright.
Hebrew Greek English Lest that there be any fornicator, no immoral or profane person, as godless person like Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.own birthright for a single meal.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Lest that there be any fornicator, no immoral or profane person, as godless person like Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.own birthright for a single meal.