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Lexicon :: Strong's H3478 - yiśrā'ēl

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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration
yiśrā'ēl
Pronunciation
yis-raw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x

The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,505x
The KJV translates Strong's H3478 in the following manner: Israel (2,489x), Israelites (16x).

  1. Israel = "God prevails"

    1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

    2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

      1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

      2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

      3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.
STRONGS H3478: Abbreviations
יִשְׂרָאֵל 2507 proper name, masculine and of a people Israel (Ēl persisteth, persevereth (or jussive Let Ēl persist) [usually contendeth (NesEg.60 ff.) or Let Ēl contend (GrayProp. N. 218), but see DrHast. DB JACOB 530]; on vocalization see LagBN 131 f. Kit 1 Chronicles 4:16 (Hpt); MI5, + 5 times ישראל; in Egyptian Y-si-r-'l SteindZAW xvi (1896), 331, compare BreastedBib. World ix (1897), 62 ff. PatonSyr. and Pal. 134; Assyrian Sir-'-lai (= יִשְׂרְאֵלִי) SchrKG 356 ff., 364; COT Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 16:29. — On a possibly relation of יִשׂ׳ to proper name שָׂרַי, שָׂרָה see RSK 257, 2nd ed. 34; — compare שְׂרָיָה(וּ); — Ισραηλ:
1. proper name, masculine. second name of Jacob Genesis 32:29 + 28 times Genesis (JE), Exodus 32:13 (JE), Hosea 12:13; Judges 18:29; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 1:20; Numbers 26:5 (all P), 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 1:34 + 8 times Chronicles, Psalm 105:23; בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Ruth 4:11; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (literal) Genesis 42:5 + 3 times E, + 2 times P + Exodus 1:7 (P; transition to wider use), 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 2:1 +; = 12 tribes Exodus 28:9 + 7 times P; אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6.
2. proper name, of a people (usually masculineJudges 11:17 f but feminine 1 Samuel 17:21; 2 Samuel 24:9 [not || 1 Chronicles 21:5], compare Dron the passage AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 57 f.): name of Hebrew nation; usually derived from 1, but יִשׂ׳ more common in early usage than בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ (see בֵּן):
a.
(1) undivided kingdom; יִשׂ׳ Genesis 47:27 (J), Genesis 49:7 (poem in J) + 108 times J E, Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 33:10 (poem) + 76 times D, Genesis 34:7; Exodus 12:15 + 42 times P; Judges 5:2, 7 (twice in verse) + 104 times Judges; often 1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-12; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ of whole people 2 Samuel 8:15 +, of whole army 2 Samuel 11:1 +, opposed to Judah 2 Samuel 2:9 + (so also later).
(2) יִשׂ׳ = Northern tribes, distinguished from Judah, even before disruption, 2 Samuel 2:9, compare 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 3:10; 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 5:5; 2 Samuel 12:7; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 5:5 +; so at disruption 1 Kings 12:16 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 12:18, 19; then usually of Northern kingdom, till its fall, 1 Kings 12:28; 1Ki 24:7; 1Ki 24:10 + very often Kings, Amos 1:1; Amos 2:6; Amos 3:14 +, Hosea 1:5; Hosea 4:15 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:3 (twice in verse); Hosea 5:5 +, Micah 1:13, etc.
(3) יִשׂ׳ of Southern kingdom, Judah, rarely before fall of Samaria Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 8:18; Micah 1:14, 15, so בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Kings 12:17; after fall of Samaria, יִשׂ׳ (less often בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳) occurs of entire people, in reference to past or future 2 Kings 21:8; 2 Kings 23:22; Isaiah 17:9; Psalm 103:7; Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:17, 19 +; יִשׂ׳ also = Judah Jeremiah 2:14, 31; Jeremiah 4:1 +, Ezekiel 13:2, 4, 16; Ezekiel 14:1, 7, 9 +, Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:24 +, Ezra 2:59 = Nehemiah 7:61; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:11 +, Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:3 +, Psalm 14:7 (twice in verse) = Psalm 53:7 [Psalm 53:6] (twice in verse), Psalm 147:2; Psalm 149:2 +, etc.
(4) usage in Chronicles: יִשׂ׳ of whole people 1 Chronicles 2:7 + 110 times, of Northern kingdom 2 Chronicles 11:1 + 16 times, of Judah 2 Chronicles 12:6; 19:8 + 9 times
(5) יִשׂ׳ personified as עֶבֶד י׳, Isaiah 44:1, 21; Isaiah 49:3.
b. בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳,
(1) of undivided people Exodus 1:12 (J), Exodus 3:9 (E) + 72 times J E, Deuteronomy 3:18; Deuteronomy 10:6 + 25 times D, Genesis 32:33 [Genesis 32:32] + 327 times P; Judges 1:1 + 60 times Judges; seldom 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-12; in 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 25 passive in reference to older history (rarely otherwise).
(2) seldom of Northern kingdom Amos 2:11 + 9 times Amos, Hosea; 2 Chronicles 13:12 + 7 times Chronicles.
(3) of Judah (late) Ezekiel 2:3; Nehemiah 1:6 (twice in verse); Ezra 3:1; Joel 4:16 +, 2 Chronicles 31:5.
c. בֵּית יִשׂ׳ Exodus 16:31; Exodus 40:38 + 142 times (see בַּיִת 5d (δ); + 81 times Ezekiel, where = Judah; see especially Exodus 37:16); שְׁנֵי בָֽתֵּי יִשׂ׳ Isaiah 8:14.
d. other phrases, see sub אִישׁ, אֶרֶץ, בַּת, בְּתוּלָה, גְּבוּל, הַר, כִּסֵּא, מֶלֶךְ, (נטה) מַטֶּה, (יעד) עֵדָה, עַם, שֵׁבֶט; also (in epithet of י׳) below אָבִיר, אוֺר, אֱלֹחִים, I. גָּוֺאל, מֶלֶךְ, מִקְוֶה (I. קוה), I. צוּר (V. צור), קָדוֺשׁ, I. רָעָה 1d (3).
†e. יִשׂ׳ = the laity, opposed to priests, etc. (late): Ezra 10:25; Nehemiah 11:3; 1 Chronicles 9:2; כָּליִֿשׂ׳ Ezra 2:70; Ezra 10:5; הָעָם יִשׂ׳ Ezra 9:1; בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 10:40, compare שְׁאָר יִשׂ׳ Nehemiah 11:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

32:29; 32:32; 34:7; 36:31; 42:5; 47:27; 49:7

Exodus

1:7; 1:12; 3:9; 6:14; 12:15; 16:31; 28:9; 32:13; 37:16; 40:38

Numbers

1:20; 26:5

Deuteronomy

1:1; 3:18; 10:6; 18:6; 33:10

Judges

1:1; 5:2; 5:7; 11:17; 18:29

Ruth

4:11

1 Samuel

17:21

2 Samuel

2:9; 2:9; 2:10; 3:10; 4:1; 5:5; 8:15; 11:1; 12:7; 20:1; 24:9

1 Kings

1:35; 4:20; 5:5; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:28; 16:29; 18:31; 18:36

2 Kings

17:34; 21:8; 23:22

1 Chronicles

1:34; 2:1; 2:7; 4:16; 9:2; 21:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

11:1; 12:6; 13:12; 19:8; 30:6; 31:5

Ezra

2:59; 2:70; 2:70; 3:1; 3:11; 9:1; 10:5; 10:25

Nehemiah

1:6; 7:61; 10:3; 10:34; 11:3; 11:20

Psalms

14:7; 53:6; 103:7; 105:23; 147:2; 149:2

Isaiah

1:3; 8:14; 8:18; 17:9; 40:27; 41:8; 42:24; 44:1; 44:21; 49:3

Jeremiah

2:3; 2:14; 2:31; 4:1; 50:17; 50:19

Ezekiel

2:3; 13:2; 13:4; 13:16; 14:1; 14:7; 14:9

Hosea

1:5; 4:15; 5:3; 5:5; 12:13

Amos

1:1; 2:6; 2:11; 3:14

Micah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15

H3478

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Strong's Number H3478 matches the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yiśrā'ēl),
which occurs 184 times in 154 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Jdg 1:1–Jdg 6:37)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel H3478 asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - And it came to pass, when Israel H3478 was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:4 - And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, H3478 that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 - And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel H3478 went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 - And the children of Israel H3478 did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, H3478 and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; H3478 and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - That through them I may prove Israel, H3478 whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel H3478 by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - Only that the generations of the children of Israel H3478 might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - And they were to prove Israel H3478 by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - And the children of Israel H3478 dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 - And the children of Israel H3478 did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, H3478 and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel H3478 served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And when the children of Israel H3478 cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, H3478 who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, H3478 and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 - And the children of Israel H3478 did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, H3478 because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, H3478 and possessed the city of palm trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - So the children of Israel H3478 served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the children of Israel H3478 cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel H3478 sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:27 - And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel H3478 went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. H3478 And the land had rest fourscore years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 - And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:1 - And the children of Israel H3478 again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - And the children of Israel H3478 cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:4 - And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel H3478 at that time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel H3478 came up to her for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel H3478 commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:23 - So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:24 - And the hand of the children of Israel H3478 prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:2 - Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, H3478 when the people willingly offered themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:5 - The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, H3478 until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:8 - They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is toward the governors of Israel, H3478 that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:11 - They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: H3478 then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 - And the children of Israel H3478 did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: H3478 and because of the Midianites the children of Israel H3478 made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:3 - And so it was, when Israel H3478 had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, H3478 neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:6 - And Israel H3478 was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel H3478 cried unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:7 - And it came to pass, when the children of Israel H3478 cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, H3478 which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, H3478 I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel H3478 from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? H3478 behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:36 - And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel H3478 by mine hand, as thou hast said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:37 - Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel H3478 by mine hand, as thou hast said.

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