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Deuteronomy 7:1

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And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.	When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;	And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

When the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall bring^H935 thee into the land^H776 whither thou goest^H935 to possess^H3423 it, and hath cast out^H5394 many^H7227 nations^H1471 before^H6440 thee, the Hittites^H2850, and the Girgashites^H1622, and the Amorites^H567, and the Canaanites^H3669, and the Perizzites^H6522, and the Hivites^H2340, and the Jebusites^H2983, seven^H7651 nations^H1471 greater^H7227 and mightier^H6099 than thou;

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Original Hebrew

כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָא־שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ וְנָשַׁל גֹּויִם־רַבִּים ׀ מִפָּנֶיךָ הַחִתִּי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי וְהָאֱמֹרִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַחִוִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי שִׁבְעָה גֹויִם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מִמֶּךָּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֤י	ki	H3588	HC	if
יְבִֽיאֲ/ךָ֙	ye.vi.'a./Kha	H935	HVhi3ms/Sp2ms	he will bring/ you
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ	'e.lo.Hei./kha	H430	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	God/ your
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
הָ/אָ֕רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	where
אַתָּ֥ה	'a.Tah	H859	HPp2ms	you
בָא	va'-	H935	HVqrmsa	(are) about to go
שָׁ֖מָּ/ה	Sha.ma/h	H8033	HD/Sd	there/ towards
לְ/רִשְׁתָּ֑/הּ	le./rish.Ta/h	H3423	HR/Vqc/Sp3fs	to/ take possession of/ it
וְ/נָשַׁ֣ל	ve./na.Shal	H5394	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will clear away
גּֽוֹיִם	go.yim-	H1471	HNcmpa	nations
רַבִּ֣ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many
מִ/פָּנֶ֡י/ךָ	mi./pa.Nei./kha	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp2ms	from/ before/ you
הַֽ/חִתִּי֩	ha./chi.Ti	H2850	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Hittite(s)
וְ/הַ/גִּרְגָּשִׁ֨י	ve./ha./gir.ga.Shi	H1622	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Girgashite(s)
וְ/הָ/אֱמֹרִ֜י	ve./ha./'e.mo.Ri	H567	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Amorite(s)
וְ/הַ/כְּנַעֲנִ֣י	ve./ha./ke.na.'a.Ni	H3669	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Canaanite(s)
וְ/הַ/פְּרִזִּ֗י	ve./ha/p.pe.ri.Zi	H6522	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Perizzite(s)
וְ/הַֽ/חִוִּי֙	ve./ha./chi.Vi	H2340	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Hivite(s)
וְ/הַ/יְבוּסִ֔י	ve./ha/y.vu.Si	H2983	HC/Td/Ngmsa	and/ the/ Jebusite(s)
שִׁבְעָ֣ה	shiv.'Ah	H7651	HAcmsa	seven
גוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	H1471	HNcmpa	nations
רַבִּ֥ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	great
וַ/עֲצוּמִ֖ים	va./'a.tzu.Mim	H6099	HC/Aampa	and/ mighty
מִמֶּֽ/ךָּ	mi.Me./ka	H4480	HR/Sp2ms	more than/ you

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H567 — אֱמֹרִי (ʼĔmôrîy, em-o-ree'): probably a patronymic from an unused name derived from אָמַר in the sense of publicity, i.e. prominence; thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes; Amorite.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
• H1622 — גִּרְגָּשִׁי (Girgâshîy, ghir-gaw-shee'): patrial from an unused name (of uncertain derivation); a Girgashite, one of the native tribes of Canaan; Girgashite, Girgasite.
• H2340 — חִוִּי (Chivvîy, khiv-vee'): perhaps from חַוָּה; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine; Hivite.
• H2850 — חִתִּי (Chittîy, khit-tee'): patronymically from חֵת; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth; Hittite, Hittities.
• H2983 — יְבוּסִי (Yᵉbûwçîy, yeb-oo-see'): xlit Yebûwçîy corrected to Yᵉbûwçîy; patrial from יְבוּס; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus; Jebusite(-s).
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3423 — יָרַשׁ (yârash, yaw-rash'): or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin; cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
• H3669 — כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy, ken-ah-an-ee'): patrial from כְּנַעַן; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans); Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
• H5394 — נָשַׁל (nâshal, naw-shal'): a primitive root; to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or drop; cast (out), drive, loose, put off (out), slip.
• H6099 — עָצוּם (ʻâtsûwm, aw-tsoom'): or עָצֻם; passive participle of עָצַם; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous; [phrase] feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6522 — פְּרִזִּי (Pᵉrizzîy, per-iz-zee'): for פְּרָזִי; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes; Perizzite.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• greater — Deuteronomy 4:1-3, Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 20:1
• the Hittites — Genesis 15:18-21, Exodus 23:28, Exodus 33:2
• the Lord — Exodus 6:8, Exodus 15:7, Numbers 14:31, Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 6:19, Deuteronomy 6:23, Deuteronomy 9:1, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 11:29, Deuteronomy 31:3, Deuteronomy 31:20, Psalms 44:2-3, Psalms 78:55

Reciprocal references (31): Genesis 15:21, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 13:5, Exodus 34:11, Exodus 34:24, Leviticus 27:28, Numbers 15:2, Numbers 24:8, Numbers 33:51, Deuteronomy 9:3, Deuteronomy 11:23, Deuteronomy 17:14, Deuteronomy 19:1, Deuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:17, Deuteronomy 26:1, Joshua 3:10, Joshua 9:1, Joshua 9:24, Joshua 12:8, Joshua 16:10, Judges 3:5, 1 Kings 9:20, 1 Chronicles 1:14, 1 Chronicles 17:21, 2 Chronicles 8:7, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 9:8, Psalms 149:9, Matthew 8:28, Acts 13:19

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CANAAN, LAND OF, CANAANITES, GIRGASHITES, HITTITES
• Torrey’s: CANAANITES, THE, HITTITES, HIVITES, WAR
• Nave’s: AMORITES, CANAANITES, GIRGASHITES, HITTITES, JEBUSITES

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