Judges 6:3

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

And so it was when

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

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

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had

זָרַע

zâraʻ

H2232

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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that the

מִדְיָן

Midyân

H4080

Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

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בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

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

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up and the

עֲמָלֵק

ʻĂmâlêq

H6002

Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country

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and the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of the

קָדִים

qâdîym

H6921

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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they

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

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

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up

קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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them

Key Terms in This Verse

Midianites H4080

מִדְיָן Midyân

Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

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Amalekites H6002

עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq

Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country

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sown H2232

זָרַע zâraʻ

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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east H6921

קָדִים qâdîym

the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

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even H6153

עֶרֶב ʻereb

dusk

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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children H1121

בֵּן bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

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came H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

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

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came H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

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

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Israel H3478

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl

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

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Cross References

Judges 3:13 cross-reference

And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.

Judges 6:33 cross-reference

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

Judges 7:12 cross-reference

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu...

Genesis 29:1 cross-reference

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.

Job 1:3 cross-reference

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all ...

1 Kings 4:30 cross-reference

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Judges 8:10 cross-reference

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thou...

Deuteronomy 28:51 cross-reference

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy s...

Leviticus 26:16 cross-reference

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for yo...

Micah 6:15 cross-reference

Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

Job 31:8 cross-reference

Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

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