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Judges 9:23

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When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,	Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:	That the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then God^H430 sent^H7971 an evil^H7451 spirit^H7307 between Abimelech^H40 and the men^H1167 of Shechem^H7927; and the men^H1167 of Shechem^H7927 dealt treacherously^H898 with Abimelech^H40:

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ רָעָה בֵּין אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּבֵין בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם וַיִּבְגְּדוּ בַעֲלֵי־שְׁכֶם בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
ר֣וּחַ	Ru.ach	H7307	HNcbsa	a spirit
רָעָ֔ה	ra.'Ah	H7451	HAafsa	evil
בֵּ֣ין	bein	H996	HR	between
אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
וּ/בֵ֖ין	u./Vein	H996	HC/R	and/ between
בַּעֲלֵ֣י	ba.'a.Lei	H1167	HNcmpc	(the) citizens of
שְׁכֶ֑ם	she.Khem	H7927	HNp	Shechem
וַ/יִּבְגְּד֥וּ	va/i.yiv.ge.Du	H898	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they dealt treacherously
בַעֲלֵי	va.'a.lei-	H1167	HNcmpc	(the) citizens of
שְׁכֶ֖ם	she.Khem	H7927	HNp	Shechem
בַּ/אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ	ba./'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HR/Np	with/ Abimelech

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.
• 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.
• H898 — בָּגַד (bâgad, baw-gad'): a primitive root; to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage; deal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.
• H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
• H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H7927 — שְׁכֶם (Shᵉkem, shek-em'): the same as שְׁכֶם; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine; Shechem.
• 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).

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

• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

Cross References

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

• dealt — Judges 9:16, Isaiah 33:1, Matthew 7:2
• God — Judges 9:15, Judges 9:20, 1 Samuel 16:14-16, 1 Samuel 18:9-10, 1 Kings 12:15, 1 Kings 22:22-23, 2 Chronicles 10:15, 2 Chronicles 18:19-22, Isaiah 19:2, Isaiah 19:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

Reciprocal references (3): 2 Samuel 19:43, 2 Chronicles 18:21, Mark 3:24

Related Topics

• Nave’s: CONSPIRACY, DEMONS, GOD, JUDGE, TREACHERY, TREASON

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