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Lexicon :: Strong's H3541 - kô

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כֹּה
Transliteration
kô
Pronunciation
ko
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the prefix k and הוּא (H1931)
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TWOT Reference: 955

Strong’s Definitions

כֹּה kôh, ko; from the prefix k and H1931; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now:—also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H3541 in the following manner: thus, so...also, like, hitherto, while, on this manner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H3541 in the following manner: thus, so...also, like, hitherto, while, on this manner.

  1. thus, here, in this manner

    1. thus, so

    2. here, here and there

    3. until now, until now...until then, meanwhile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֹּה kôh, ko; from the prefix k and H1931; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now:—also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.
STRONGS H3541: Abbreviations
כֹּה demonstrative adverb thus, here (Biblical Aramaic H3542 כָּה; Targum, Syriac Version:Jerusalem, Mandean כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes bdb046201 hither, bdb046202 (Syriac Version:Jerusalem bdb046203) hence, bdb046204 where? compare אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —
1. of manner, thus (so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Genesis 15:5 כה יהיה זרעך thus shall thy seed be, Numbers 6:23; 1 Kings 2:30 כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֺאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי, 1 Kings 5:25; Isaiah 24:13 (answered by בְּ, as Jeremiah 23:29); with a substantive Isaiah 20:6 הִנֵּה כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ, Jeremiah 9:21 (si vera lectio), Jeremiah 23:29; 1 Samuel 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus
a. with different forms of אמר, כה תאמר thus shalt thou say Exodus 3:14,15; Exodus 19:3; Exodus 20:22 etc.; especially כה אמר יי֞ thus saith (or said) י׳ Exodus 4:22; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 7:26; Exodus 8:16 etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Isaiah 7:7; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 18:4 etc.; Jeremiah 2:2,5; Jeremiah 4:27; Jeremiah 6:16 etc.; also in the idiomatic formula אִם כֹּה יאֹמַר if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) Genesis 31:8; 1 Samuel 14:9,10; 1 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 15:26.
b. with עשׂה to do thus, Exodus 5:15; Deuteronomy 7:5; pointing back, Numbers 22:30; Joshua 6:14; 1 Samuel 27:11 and elsewhere; especially in the phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף (with variations), 1 Samuel 3:17 + (see יסף), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With בְּ prefixed 1 Kings 22:20 ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (|| 2 Chronicles 18:19 כָכָהכָּ֗֗֗כָה; probably rightly).
2. of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Genesis 31:37 שִׂים כֹּה place it here before my brethren, Numbers 23:15 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:30; Ruth 2:8. Repeated, Exodus 2:12 וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה and he turned this way and that way; כֹּהכֹּ֗֗֗ה on this side... on that side Numbers 11:31. With עַד Genesis 22:5 and we will go עַדכֹּֿה as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder.
3. of time, עַד כֹּה hitherto, Exodus 7:16 (compare עַדהֵֿנָּה), Joshua 17:14; עַדכֹּֿה וְעַדכֹּֿה till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1 Kings 18:45.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:5; 22:5; 31:8; 31:37

Exodus

2:12; 3:14; 3:15; 4:22; 5:1; 5:15; 7:16; 7:17; 8:16; 19:3; 20:22

Numbers

6:23; 11:31; 22:30; 23:15

Deuteronomy

7:5

Joshua

6:14; 17:14

Ruth

2:8

1 Samuel

3:17; 14:9; 14:10; 20:7; 27:11; 27:11

2 Samuel

15:26; 18:30

1 Kings

2:30; 18:45; 22:20

2 Chronicles

18:19

Isaiah

7:7; 8:11; 18:4; 20:6; 24:13

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:5; 4:27; 6:16; 9:21; 23:29; 23:29

H3541

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Strong's Number H3541 matches the Hebrew כֹּה (kô),
which occurs 577 times in 541 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 11 (1Sa 10:18–1Ki 22:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:18 - and he said to the sons of Israel, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the [fn]power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:7 - He then took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, the same H3541 shall be done to his oxen.” Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one person.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - They said to the messengers who had come, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be saved.’” So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:9 - “If they [fn]say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you’; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:10 - “But if they [fn]say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for the LORD has handed them over to us; and this shall be the sign to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:44 - And Saul said, “May God do the same H3541 to me and more also H3541, for you shall certainly die, Jonathan!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:2 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD of armies says: ‘I will [fn]punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, in that he obstructed him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:27 - The people [fn]answered him in agreement with this statement, saying, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 will be done for the man who kills him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - Saul then said, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But Saul plotted to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - “If he [fn]says, ‘That is good,’ your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, be aware that he has decided on evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - “If it pleases my father to do you harm, may the LORD do so H3541 to [fn]me and more so H3541, if I fail to [fn]inform you and send you away, so that you may go in safety. And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:22 - “But if I [fn]say to the youth, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, because the LORD has sent you away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6 - and this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say: ‘[fn]Have a long life, peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - “May God do so H3541 to the enemies of David, and more so H3541, if by morning I leave alive as much as one [fn]male of any who belong to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - And David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, “Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 David has done, and this H3541 has been his practice all the time that he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 - “May God do so H3541 to [fn]me, and more so H3541, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - Then all the people came to provide [fn]food for David in his distress while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “May God do so H3541 to me, and more so H3541, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and say to My servant David, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: “Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now then, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say to My servant David: ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD of armies says: “I Myself took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say to Joab: ‘Do not let this thing [fn]displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; [fn]fight with determination against the city and overthrow it’; and thereby encourage him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 -

Nathan then said to David, “You yourself are the man! This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘It is I who anointed you as king over Israel, and it is I who rescued you from the hand of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am going to raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will sleep with your wives in [fn]broad daylight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:26 - “But if He says this H3541: ‘I have no delight in you,’ then here I am, let Him do to me as seems good [fn]to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Shimei said when he cursed: “Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless man!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “[fn]What business of mine is yours, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, ‘Curse David,’ then who should say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:30 - Then the king said, “Turn aside and stand here H3541.” So he turned aside and stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 -

[fn]Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 he said as he walked: “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 - “And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so H3541 to me, and more so H3541, if you will not be commander of the army [fn]for me continually, in place of Joab.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:12 - “Go and speak to David, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: “I am imposing upon you three choices; choose for yourself one of them, and I will do it to you.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “May God do so H3541 to me and more so H3541, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own [fn]life!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the king has said: ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” So Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Joab spoke, and so H3541 he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - Solomon then gave [fn]Hiram [fn]twenty thousand kors of wheat as food for his household, and [fn]twenty kors of pure oil; this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Solomon would give Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:31 - And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces; for this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Behold, I am going to tear the kingdom away from the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you should say to this people who spoke to you, saying: ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ You should speak this H3541 way H3541 to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: “You shall not go up nor fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return, every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me.”’” So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned to go their way in accordance with the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD and said, “Altar, altar, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall burn on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Because you have [fn]disobeyed the [fn]command of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:7 - “Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD, the God of Israel says: “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘The [fn]bowl of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil become empty, until the day that the LORD provides rain on the face of the earth.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:45 - Meanwhile H3541 the sky became dark with clouds and wind came up, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:2 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So H3541 may the gods do to me and more so H3541, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your [fn]life like the [fn]life of one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:2 - Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab, king of Israel, and said to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 Ben-hadad says:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:5 - Then the messengers returned and said, “Ben-hadad says [fn]this H3541: ‘I did indeed send word to you, saying, “You shall give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children”;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben-hadad sent word to him and said, “May the gods do so H3541 to me and more so H3541, [fn]if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who [fn]follow me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:13

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Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel, and said, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I am going to hand them over to you today, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:14 - But Ahab said, “By whom?” So he said, “The LORD says this H3541: ‘By the young men of the leaders of the provinces.’” Then he said, “Who will begin the battle?” And he said, “You will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - Then a man of God approached and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Since the Arameans have said, “The LORD is a god of mountains, but He is not a god of valleys,” therefore I will hand over to you all this great multitude, and you shall know that I am the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:42 - And the prophet said to him, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘Since you have let go from your hand the man I had designated for destruction, your [fn]life shall be forfeited in place of his [fn]life, and your people in place of his people.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:19 - “And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?”’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD says this H3541: “In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours as well.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:11 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD says: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans until they are destroyed!’”

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