Judges 8:3
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that."
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...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מִדְיָן
Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
עֹרֵב
ʻÔrêb
Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
כְּמוֹ
kᵉmôw
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
קָלַל
qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּמוֹ kᵉmôw
a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so
Study H3644 →קָלַל qâlal
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Study H7043 →מִדְיָן Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Study H4080 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
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A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man t...
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
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