Joel 3:2

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I will also

קָבַץ

qâbats

H6908

to grasp, i.e. collect

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גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

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

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and will

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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them down into the

גַּיְא

gayʼ

H1516

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

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of

יְהוֹשָׁפָט

Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ

H3092

Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem

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and will

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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with them there for my

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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and for my

נַחֲלָה

nachălâh

H5159

properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

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יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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whom they have

פּוּץ

pûwts

H6327

to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

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

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and

חָלַק

châlaq

H2505

to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

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my

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

parted H2505

חָלַק châlaq

to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate

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heritage H5159

נַחֲלָה nachălâh

properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

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plead H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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scattered H6327

פּוּץ pûwts

to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)

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Jehoshaphat H3092

יְהוֹשָׁפָט Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ

Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem

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valley H1516

גַּיְא gayʼ

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

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gather H6908

קָבַץ qâbats

to grasp, i.e. collect

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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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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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bring H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:16 cross-reference

For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

Zephaniah 3:8 cross-reference

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation...

Ezekiel 38:22 cross-reference

And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, ...

Revelation 16:16 cross-reference

And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Joel 3:12 cross-reference

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Ezekiel 35:10 cross-reference

Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

Ezekiel 39:11 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: ...

Jeremiah 25:31 cross-reference

A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:5 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with t...

Jeremiah 49:1 cross-reference

Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

Jeremiah 12:14 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house o...

2 Chronicles 20:26 cross-reference

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

Ezekiel 25:8 cross-reference

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

Revelation 20:8 cross-reference

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Amos 1:11 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his a...

Revelation 16:6 cross-reference

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Revelation 16:14 cross-reference

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Revelation 11:18 cross-reference

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them...

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