Deuteronomy 20:17
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָרַם
châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
חִתִּי
Chittîy
a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth
אֱמֹרִי
ʼĔmôrîy
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
כְּנַעַנִי
Kᵉnaʻanîy
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c...
פְּרִזִּי
Pᵉrizzîy
a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
חִוִּי
Chivvîy
a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine
יְבוּסִי
Yᵉbûwçîy
a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
Key Terms in This Verse
כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →כְּנַעַנִי Kᵉnaʻanîy
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Study H3669 →חָרַם châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
Study H2763 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both sm...
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