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Judges 9:21

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But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.	And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.	When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Jotham^H3147 ran away^H1272, and fled^H5127, and went^H3212 to Beer^H876, and dwelt^H3427 there, for fear^H6440 of Abimelech^H40 his brother^H251.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּנָס יֹותָם וַיִּבְרַח וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּאֵרָה וַיֵּשֶׁב שָׁם מִפְּנֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ אָחִיו׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֣נָס	va/i.Ya.nos	H5127	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he fled
יוֹתָ֔ם	yo.Tam	H3147	HNp	Jotham
וַ/יִּבְרַ֖ח	va/i.yiv.Rach	H1272	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he ran away
וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ	va/i.Ye.lekh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
בְּאֵ֑רָ/ה	be.'E.ra/h	H876	HNp/Sd	Beer/ towards
וַ/יֵּ֣שֶׁב	va/i.Ye.shev	H3427	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he dwelt
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	H8033	HD	there
מִ/פְּנֵ֖י	mi./pe.Nei	H6440	HR/Ncbpc	(away) from/ before
אֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
אָחִֽי/ו	'a.Chi/v	H251	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	brother/ his

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

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• 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-'.
• H876 — בְּאֵר (Bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'): the same as בְּאֵר; Beer, a place in the Desert, also one in Palestine; Beer.
• H1272 — בָּרַח (bârach, baw-rakh'): a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
• H3147 — יוֹתָם (Yôwthâm, yo-thawm'): from יְהֹוָה and תָּם; Jehovah (is) perfect; Jotham, the name of three Israelites; Jotham.
• 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.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H5127 — נוּס (nûwç, noos): a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
• 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.

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

• 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)

• Beer — Numbers 21:16, Joshua 19:8, 2 Samuel 20:14

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BEER, JOTHAM, JUDGE, ORPHAN

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