吾
wú
advancedRadical 口Strokes 7
How is 吾 read in the Chinese Bible?
吾 is read wú in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses across 4 books, first in Genesis 11:28. Common words: 支吾.
- Occurrences
- 6
- Verses
- 6
- Books
- 4
- First in
- Genesis 11:28
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: I, my, our; to resist, to impede
In the text
- Genesis 11:28
哈兰死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥，在他父亲他拉之先。
- Genesis 11:31
他拉带着他儿子亚伯兰和他孙子哈兰的儿子罗得，并他儿妇亚伯兰的妻子撒莱，出了迦勒底的吾珥，要往迦南地去；他们走到哈兰，就住在那里。
- Genesis 15:7
耶和华又对他说：「我是耶和华，曾领你出了迦勒底的吾珥，为要将这地赐你为业。」
- 1 Chronicles 11:35
哈拉人沙甲的儿子亚希暗，吾珥的儿子以利法勒，
- Nehemiah 9:7
你是耶和华 神，曾拣选亚伯兰，领他出迦勒底的吾珥，给他改名叫亚伯拉罕。
- Acts 24:22
腓力斯本是详细晓得这道，就支吾他们说：「且等千夫长吕西亚下来，我要审断你们的事。」
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.