Lexicon :: Strong's G1765 - enischyō

There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay there for a while because the famine in the land was severe.

“Your name will no longer be Jacob,” he said. “It will be Israel[fn] because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”

“Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

Now the famine in the land was severe.

And they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to stay in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

But there was no food in the entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.

Rejoice, you nations, concerning his people,[fn]

for he will avenge the blood of his servants.[fn]

He will take vengeance on his adversaries;[fn]

he will purify his land and his people.[fn]

When Israel became stronger, they made the Canaanites serve as forced labor but never drove them out completely.

The Israelites again did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. He gave King Eglon of Moab power over Israel, because they had done what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

Let them tell the righteous acts of the LORD,

the righteous deeds of his villagers in Israel,

with the voices of the singers at the watering places.[fn]

Then the LORD’s people went down to the city gates.

Those with their roots in Amalek[fn] came from Ephraim;

Benjamin came with your people after you.

The leaders came down from Machir,

and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

He called out to the LORD, “Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, God, just once more. With one act of vengeance, let me pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

But the Israelite troops rallied and again took their battle positions in the same place where they positioned themselves on the first day.

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.”[fn]

You have clothed me with strength for battle;

you subdue my adversaries beneath me.

So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple’s damage.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

They were the potters and residents of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith.

“Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD’s will be done.”[fn]

Solomon son of David strengthened his hold on his kingdom. The LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.

The workmen did their work, and through them the repairs progressed. They restored God’s temple to its specifications and reinforced it.

All their neighbors supported them[fn] with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.

“So do not give your daughters to their sons in marriage or take their daughters for your sons. Never pursue their welfare or prosperity, so that you will be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.”

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath[fn] to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

For he strengthens the bars of your city gates

and blesses your children within you.

Your ropes are slack;

they cannot hold the base of the mast

or spread out the flag.

Then abundant spoil will be divided,

the lame will plunder it,

Do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be afraid, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you; I will help you;

I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.

“I am the LORD. I have called you

for a righteous purpose,[fn]

and I will hold you by your hand.

I will watch over you, and I will appoint you

to be a covenant for the people

and a light to the nations,

You became weary on your many journeys,

but you did not say, “It’s hopeless! ”

You found a renewal of your strength;[fn]

therefore you did not grow weak.

“Run for cover

out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites.

Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;

raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem,[fn]

for disaster threatens from the north,

even a crushing blow.

They bent their tongues like their bows;

lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,

for they proceed from one evil to another,

and they do not take me into account.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

The elders of Gebal and its wise men

were within you, repairing your leaks.

“ ‘All the ships of the sea and their sailors

came to you to barter for your goods.

“I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall. They will know that I am the LORD when I place my sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

“You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

“I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy[fn] the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

“All the administrators of the kingdom ​— ​the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors ​— ​have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that, for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.

Then the one with a human appearance touched me again and strengthened me.

“The king of the South will grow powerful, but one of his commanders will grow more powerful and will rule a kingdom greater than his.

Ephraim is a well-trained calf

that loves to thresh,

but I will place a yoke on[fn] her fine neck.

I will harness Ephraim;

Judah will plow;

Jacob will do the final plowing.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,

and as an adult he wrestled with God.

The LORD will roar from Zion

and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;

heaven and earth will shake.

But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,

a stronghold for the Israelites.