Deuteronomy 32:30
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
מָנוֹס
mânôwç
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →מָנוֹס mânôwç
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
Study H4498 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →אֶלֶף ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
Study H505 →Cross References
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgme...
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, ...
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, 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 n...
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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