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Joshua 2:1

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Whosoever [he be] that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.	And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.	And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Joshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Nun^H5126 sent^H7971 out of Shittim^H7851 two^H8147 men^H582 to spy^H7270 secretly^H2791, saying^H559, Go^H3212 view^H7200 the land^H776, even Jericho^H3405. And they went^H3212, and came^H935 into an harlot's^H2181 house^{H802 H1004}, named^H8034 Rahab^H7343, and lodged^H7901 there.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהֹושֻׁעַ־בִּן־נוּן מִן־הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַיִם־אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת־יְרִיחֹו וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית־אִשָּׁה זֹונָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ־שָׁמָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֣ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'-	H3091	HNp	Joshua
בִּן	bin-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
נ֠וּן	nun	H5126	HNp	Nun
מִֽן	min-	H4480	HR	from
הַ/שִּׁטִּ֞ים	ha./shi.Tim	H7851	HTd/Np	(the)/ Shittim
שְׁנַֽיִם	she.na.yim-	H8147	HAcmda	two
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	men
מְרַגְּלִים֙	me.ra.ge.Lim	H7270	HVprmpa	spies
חֶ֣רֶשׁ	Che.resh	H2791	HNcmsa	secretly
לֵ/אמֹ֔ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
לְכ֛וּ	le.Khu	H3212	HVqv2mp	go
רְא֥וּ	re.'U	H7200	HVqv2mp	see
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ/אָ֖רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
יְרִיח֑וֹ	ye.ri.Cho	H3405	HNp	Jericho
וַ/יֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ	va/i.Ye.le.Khu	H3212	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they went
וַ֠/יָּבֹאוּ	Va/i.ya.vo.'u	H935	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they went
בֵּית	beit-	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
אִשָּׁ֥ה	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a woman
זוֹנָ֛ה	zo.Nah	H2181	HVqrfsa	a prostitute
וּ/שְׁמָ֥/הּ	u./she.Ma/h	H8034	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs	and/ name/ her
רָחָ֖ב	ra.Chav	H7343	HNp	(was) Rahab
וַ/יִּשְׁכְּבוּ	va/i.yish.ke.vu-	H7901	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they lay down
שָֽׁמָּ/ה	Sha.ma/h	H8033	HD/Sd	there/ (towards)

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

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• 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.
• H2181 — זָנָה (zânâh, zaw-naw'): a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton); to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah); (cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
• H2791 — חֶרֶשׁ (cheresh, kheh'-resh): from חָרַשׁ; magical craft; also silence; cunning, secretly.
• H3091 — יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ, yeh-ho-shoo'-ah): or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from יְהֹוָה and יָשַׁע; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader; Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare הוֹשֵׁעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3405 — יְרִיחוֹ (Yᵉrîychôw, yer-ee-kho'): or יְרֵחוֹ; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה; perhaps from יָרֵחַ; its month; or else from רוּחַ; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine; Jericho.
• H5126 — נוּן (Nûwn, noon): or נוֹן; (1 Chronicles 7:27), from נוּן; perpetuity,; Nun or Non, the father of Joshua; Non, Nun.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7270 — רָגַל (râgal, raw-gal'): a primitive root; also as denominative from רֶגֶל; to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be atale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about; backbite, search, slander, (e-) spy (out), teach to go, view.
• H7343 — רָחָב (Râchâb, raw-khawb'): the same as רָחָב; proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess; Rahab.
• H7851 — שִׁטִּים (Shiṭṭîym, shit-teem'): the same as the plural of שִׁטָּה; acacia trees; Shittim, a place East of the Jordan; Shittim.
• H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

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

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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).
• 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)

• even Jericho — Joshua 5:10, Joshua 6:1-24
• harlot's house — Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:25, Joshua 21:31, Matthew 1:5, Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25
• Shittim — Numbers 25:1, Numbers 33:49
• to spy secretly — Numbers 13:2, Numbers 13:17-21, Judges 18:2, Judges 18:14, Judges 18:17, Matthew 10:16, Ephesians 5:5

Reciprocal references (14): Genesis 42:9, Deuteronomy 1:24, Joshua 3:1, Joshua 6:22, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 18:12, Joshua 18:21, Judges 1:23, Judges 11:1, 1 Samuel 26:4, 1 Kings 3:16, 1 Chronicles 19:3, Luke 7:19, Luke 19:1

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOME, RAHAB, SPIES
• Nave’s: ARMIES, HOSPITALITY, RECONNOISSANCE, SHITTIM, SPIES, VIGILANCE, WOMEN

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