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Joshua 15:17

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And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.	And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.	And it came to pass, as she came [unto him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off [her] ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Othniel^H6274 the son^H1121 of Kenaz^H7073, the brother^H251 of Caleb^H3612, took^H3920 it: and he gave^H5414 him Achsah^H5915 his daughter^H1323 to wife^H802.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּלְכְּדָהּ עָתְנִיאֵל בֶּן־קְנַז אֲחִי כָלֵב וַיִּתֶּן־לֹו אֶת־עַכְסָה בִתֹּו לְאִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יִּלְכְּדָ֛/הּ	va/i.yil.ke.Da/h	H3920	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3fs	and/ he captured/ it
עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל	'a.te.ni.'El	H6274	HNp	Othniel
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
קְנַ֖ז	ke.Naz	H7073	HNp	Kenaz
אֲחִ֣י	'a.Chi	H251	HNcmsc	(the) brother of
כָלֵ֑ב	kha.Lev	H3612	HNp	Caleb
וַ/יִּתֶּן	va/i.yi.ten-	H5414	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he gave
ל֛/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עַכְסָ֥ה	'akh.Sah	H5915	HNp	Achsah
בִתּ֖/וֹ	vi.T/o	H1323	HNcfsc/Sp3ms	daughter/ his
לְ/אִשָּֽׁה	le./'i.Shah	H802	HR/Ncfsa	to/ a wife

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

Strong's References

• H251 — אָח (ʼâch, awkh): a primitive word; a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father)); another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H3612 — כָּלֵב (Kâlêb, kaw-labe'): perhaps a form of כֶּלֶב, or else from the same root in the sense of forcible; Caleb, the name of three Israelites; Caleb.
• H3920 — לָכַד (lâkad, law-kad'): a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5915 — עַכְסָה (ʻAkçâh, ak-saw'): feminine of עֶכֶס; anklet; Aksah, an Israelitess; Achsah.
• H6274 — עׇתְנִיאֵל (ʻOthnîyʼêl, oth-nee-ale'): from the same as עׇתְנִי and אֵל; force of God; Othniel, an Israelite; Othniel.
• H7073 — קְנַז (Qᵉnaz, ken-az'): probably from an unused root meaning to hunt; hunter; Kenaz, the name of an Edomite and of two Israelites; Kenaz.

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

• 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).

Cross References

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

• Achsah — 1 Chronicles 2:49
• Kenaz — Numbers 32:12, Joshua 14:6
• Othniel — Judges 1:13, Judges 3:9, Judges 3:11

Reciprocal references (4): Judges 1:12, 2 Samuel 5:8, 1 Chronicles 4:13, 1 Chronicles 11:6

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: OTHNIEL
• Torrey’s: ANAKIM, THE, TRIBES OF ISRAEL, THE
• Nave’s: ACHSAH, ARMIES, COURAGE, DEBIR, KENAZ, OTHNIEL

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