ʼêth — H853

Definition

particle

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

1. sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Usually translated as

as such unrepresented in English

Origin

apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity

• Derived from ʼôwth (H226)

Occurrences

ʼêth occurs 1 time in 5,420 verses of the King James.

Plus 6,892 uses with no word of their own in the translation, shown at the end of the list.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (495), Exodus (465), Leviticus (300), Numbers (337), Deuteronomy (340), Joshua (223), Judges (220), Ruth (24), 1 Samuel (319), 2 Samuel (245), 1 Kings (300), 2 Kings (280), 1 Chronicles (204), 2 Chronicles (280), Ezra (18), Nehemiah (70), Esther (64), Job (27), Psalms (112), Proverbs (14), Ecclesiastes (53), Song of Songs (16), Isaiah (121), Jeremiah (389), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (278), Daniel (28), Hosea (28), Joel (11), Amos (31), Obadiah (5), Jonah (11), Micah (10), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (11), Haggai (7), Zechariah (59), Malachi (15)

• 2 Kings 18:30 — Neither let Hezekiah make you trust (אֶתְכֶ֤ם) in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (אֵ֥ת)
• Genesis 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:22 — And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (אֹתָ֛ם)
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (אֹתָם֮)
• Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. (אֶת)
• Genesis 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:6 — But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. (אֶֽת)
• Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:8 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:10 — And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:11 — The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (אֵ֚ת)
• Genesis 2:13 — And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. (אֵ֖ת)
• Genesis 2:15 — And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (אֶת)
• Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (אֶֽת)
• Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:10 — And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (אֶת)
• Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (וְאֵ֨ת)
• Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:17 — And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:18 — And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:18 — And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:18 — And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:18 — And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:20 — And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:22 — And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:25 — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:25 — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. (אֶת)
• Genesis 4:26 — And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. (אֶת)