Joshua 20:4
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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