Deuteronomy 17:7
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Key Terms in This Verse
עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of ...
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put aw...
Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice...
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