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Zechariah

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For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's sword.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
For I will bend to tread, march Verb H1869 דָרַ֨כְתִּי da·rach·ti
Judah probably "praised," a son of Jacob, also his desc., the S. kingdom, also four Isr. Noun H3063 יְהוּדָ֗ה ye·hu·dah
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as My bow, a bow Noun H7198 קֶ֚שֶׁת ke·shet
I will fill to be full, to fill Verb H4390 מִלֵּ֣אתִי mil·le·ti
the bow a bow Noun H7198    
with Ephraim. a son of Joseph, also his desc. and their territory Noun H669 אֶפְרַ֔יִם ef·ra·yim,
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And I will stir to rouse oneself, awake Verb H5782 וְעֹורַרְתִּ֤י ve·'o·v·rar·ti
up your sons, son Noun H1121 בָנַ֙יִךְ֙ va·na·yich
O Zion, a mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. Noun H6726 צִיֹּ֔ון tzi·yo·vn,
against upon, above, over Prepostion H5921 עַל־ al-
your sons, son Noun H1121 בָּנַ֖יִךְ ba·na·yich
O Greece; a son of Japheth, also his desc. and their land Noun H3120 יָוָ֑ן ya·van;
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And I will make to put, place, set Verb H7760 וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךְ ve·sam·tich
you like a warrior's strong, mighty Adjective H1368 גִּבֹּֽור׃ gib·bo·vr.
sword. a sword Noun H2719 כְּחֶ֥רֶב ke·che·rev

Locations

Ephraim

EPHRAIM (2)(1) A position apparently of some importance, since the position of Baal-hazor (probably = Tell `Asur) where Abraham's sheep-farm was located, is determined by relation to it (2 Samuel 13:23). That it lay North of Jerusalem seems to be indicated in 2 Samuel 13:34. It may be identical with the Ephraim of Eusebius, Onomasticon, 20 Roman miles North... View Details

Greece

GREECE; GRAECIAgres, gre'-sha;1. Name:In the earliest times there was no single name universally and exclusively in use either of the people or of the land of Greece. In Homer, three appellations, (Achaioi), (Danaoi), (Argeioi), were with no apparent discrimination applied to all the Greeks. By the Orientals they were called Ionians. See JAVAN. The name (Hel... View Details

Judah

JUDAH, TERRITORY OF(yehudhah):I. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA1. The Natural Boundaries2. The Natural Divisions of Judah(1) The Maritime Plain(2) The Shephelah(3) The Hill Country of JudahII. THE TRIBE OF JUDAH AND ITS TERRITORYIII. THE BOUNDARIES OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAHLITERATUREI. Geographical Data.Although the physical conformation of Western Palestine divides this l... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's sword.
King James Bible For When I will bend have bent Judah as My bow, I will fill for me, filled the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir Ephraim, and raised up your thy sons, O Zion, against your thy sons, O Greece; And I will make you like Greece, and made thee as the sword of a warrior's sword.mighty man.
Hebrew Greek English For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's sword.