Deuteronomy 7:17

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

If thou shalt

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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in thine

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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These

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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are more than I how can I

יָרַשׁ

yârash

H3423

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...

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them

Key Terms in This Verse

dispossess H3423

יָרַשׁ yârash

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

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nations H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Numbers 33:53 cross-reference

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

Numbers 13:32 cross-reference

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants ...

Deuteronomy 8:17 cross-reference

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Isaiah 14:13 cross-reference

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

Deuteronomy 18:21 cross-reference

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

Isaiah 47:8 cross-reference

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the los...

Isaiah 49:21 cross-reference

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left a...

Deuteronomy 15:9 cross-reference

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cr...

Luke 9:47 cross-reference

And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

Jeremiah 13:22 cross-reference

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

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