Joshua 22:29
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle."
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
חָלִילָה
châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
עֹלָה
ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
עֹלָה
ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלִילָה châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
Study H2486 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →עֹלָה ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
Study H5930 →עֹלָה ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
Study H5930 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →Cross References
And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this alt...
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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