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Joshua 11:20

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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.	For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.	And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For it was of the LORD^H3068 to harden^H2388 their hearts^H3820, that they should come against^H7125 Israel^H3478 in battle^H4421, that he might destroy them utterly^H2763, and that they might have no favour^H8467, but that he might destroy^H8045 them, as the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 Moses^H4872.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי מֵאֵת יְהוָה ׀ הָיְתָה לְחַזֵּק אֶת־לִבָּם לִקְרַאת הַמִּלְחָמָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַעַן הַחֲרִימָם לְבִלְתִּי הֱיֹות־לָהֶם תְּחִנָּה כִּי לְמַעַן הַשְׁמִידָם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
מֵ/אֵ֣ת	me./'Et	H854	HR/R	from/ with
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
הָיְתָ֡ה	ha.ye.Tah	H1961	HVqp3fs	it was
לְ/חַזֵּ֣ק	le./cha.Zek	H2388	HR/Vpc	to/ strengthen
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
לִבָּ/ם֩	li.Ba/m	H3820	HNcmsc/Sp3mp	heart/ their
לִ/קְרַ֨את	li/k.Rat	H7125	HR/Vqc	to/ meet
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֤ה	ha./mil.cha.Mah	H4421	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ battle
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	with
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	H4616	HR	so as
הַֽחֲרִימָ֔/ם	ha.cha.ri.Ma/m	H2763	HVhc/Sp3mp	to totally destroy/ them
לְ/בִלְתִּ֥י	le./vil.Ti	H1115	HR/C	to/ not
הֱיוֹת	he.yot-	H1961	HVqc	to belong
לָ/הֶ֖ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	to (the)/ them
תְּחִנָּ֑ה	te.chi.Nah	H8467	HNcfsa	favor
כִּ֚י	ki	H3588	HC	for
לְמַ֣עַן	le.Ma.'an	H4616	HR	so as
הַשְׁמִידָ֔/ם	hash.mi.Da/m	H8045	HVhc/Sp3mp	to destroy/ them
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka./'a.Sher	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	H6680	HVpp3ms	he had commanded
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מֹשֶֽׁה	mo.Sheh	H4872	HNp	Moses

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

Strong's References

• H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
• H2763 — חָרַם (châram, khaw-ram'): a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose; make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
• 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.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
• H4421 — מִלְחָמָה (milchâmâh, mil-khaw-maw'): from לָחַם (in the sense of fighting); a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare); battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).
• H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H7125 — קִרְאָה (qirʼâh, keer-aw'): from קָרָא; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite); [idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.
• H8045 — שָׁמַד (shâmad, shaw-mad'): a primitive root; to desolate; destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.
• H8467 — תְּחִנָּה (tᵉchinnâh, tekh-in-naw'): from חָנַן; graciousness; causatively, entreaty; favour, grace, supplication.

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

• 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.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1115 — בִּלְתִּי (biltîy, bil-tee'): constructive feminine of בָּלָה (equivalent to בְּלִי); properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.; because un(satiable), beside, but, [phrase] continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• 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.
• H4616 — מַעַן (maʻan, mah'-an): from עָנָה; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that; because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.

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