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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he believed
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; and hev counted
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
it to him for righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
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Rom. 4:3,6• 3for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
 6Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works: (Rom. 4:3,6)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. (Gal. 3:6)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)

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he believed.
Rom. 4:3‑6,9,20‑25• 3for what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
 4Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
 5but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
 6Even as David also declares the blessedness of the man to whom God reckons righteousness without works:
 9Does this blessedness then rest on the circumcision, or also on the uncircumcision? For we say that faith has been reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.
 20and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
 21and being fully persuaded that what he has promised he is able also to do;
 22wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
 23Now it was not written on his account alone that it was reckoned to him,
 24but on ours also, to whom, believing on him who has raised from among the dead Jesus our Lord,
 25who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned. (Rom. 4:3‑6,9,20‑25)
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Gal. 3:6‑14• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.
 7Know then that they that are on the principle of faith, these are Abraham's sons;
 8and the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations on the principle of faith, announced beforehand the glad tidings to Abraham: In thee all the nations shall be blessed.
 9So that they who are on the principle of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
 10For as many as are on the principle of works of law are under curse. For it is written, Cursed is every one who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them;
 11but that by law no one is justified with God is evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;
 12but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.
 13Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed is every one hanged upon a tree,)
 14that the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. (Gal. 3:6‑14)
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Heb. 11:8• 8By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going. (Heb. 11:8)
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James 2:23• 23And the scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness, and he was called Friend of God. (James 2:23)
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Psa. 106:31• 31And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore. (Psa. 106:31)
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Rom. 4:11,22• 11And he received the sign of circumcision as seal of the righteousness of faith which he had being in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all them that believe being in uncircumcision, that righteousness might be reckoned to them also;
 22wherefore also it was reckoned to him as righteousness. (Rom. 4:11,22)
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2 Cor. 5:19• 19how that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their offences; and putting in us the word of that reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:19)
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Gal. 3:6• 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. (Gal. 3:6)
• The imputation of righteousness to Abraham is, here, founded upon his believing in the Lord as the Quickener of the dead. It is in this character that He reveals Himself in a world where death reigns; and when a soul believes in Him, as such, it is counted righteous in His sight. (“Genesis 15” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him asl righteousness.

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See Note, Rom. 4.3.