Genesis 8:3
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and the waterהַמַּ֛יִם
(ham·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
recededוַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ
(vai·ya·shu·vu)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
steadilyהָלֹ֣וךְ
(ha·lo·vch)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
from the earth,הָאָ֖רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
and at the endמִקְצֵ֕ה
(mik·tzeh)
7097a: end, extremityfrom qatsah
of one hundredוּמְאַ֖ת
(u·me·'at)
3967: hundreda prim. root
and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
(cha·mi·shim)
2572: fiftymultiple of chamesh
daysיֹֽום׃
(yo·vm.)
3117: daya prim. root
the waterהַמַּ֔יִם
(ham·ma·yim,)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
decreased.וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ
(vai·yach·se·ru)
2637: to lack, need, be lacking, decreasea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
returned
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
from off the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
continually
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
and after the end
qatseh  (kaw-tseh')
an extremity -- after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, some, ut(-ter-)most (part).
of the hundred
me'ah  (may-aw')
a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred(-fold), -th), + sixscore.
and fifty
chamishshiym  (kham-ish-sheem')
fifty -- fifty.
days
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
were abated
chacer  (khaw-sare')
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen -- be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased.

King James Bible
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the waters had decreased significantly.

International Standard Version
Then the flood waters steadily receded, diminishing completely by the end of the 150 days.

NET Bible
The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The water began to recede from the land. At the end of 150 days the water had decreased.

King James 2000 Bible
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
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