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1 Chronicles 12

1 Chron. 12:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And of the Gadites
Gadiy (Hebrew #1425)
a Gadite (collectively) or descendants of Gad
KJV usage: Gadites, children of Gad.
Pronounce: gaw-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 1410
there separated
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves unto David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
into the hold
mtsad (Hebrew #4679)
or (feminine) mtsadah {mets-aw-daw'}; from 6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
KJV usage: castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
Pronounce: mets-ad'
Origin: or mtsad {mets-awd'}
to the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
men
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
of might
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
, and men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
δof war
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
fit for the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, that could handle
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
shield
tsinnah (Hebrew #6793)
a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)
KJV usage: buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.
Pronounce: tsin-naw'
Origin: feminine of 6791
and buckler
romach (Hebrew #7420)
a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point
KJV usage: buckler, javelin, lancet, spear.
Pronounce: ro'-makh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hurl
, whose faces
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
were like the faces
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of lions
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
, and were ηas swift
mahar (Hebrew #4116)
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
KJV usage: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) X quickly, rash, X shortly, (be so) X soon, make speed, X speedily, X straightway, X suddenly, swift.
Pronounce: maw-har'
Origin: a primitive root
as the roes
tsbiy (Hebrew #6643)
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
KJV usage: beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
Pronounce: tseb-ee'
Origin: from 6638 in the sense of prominence
uponb the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
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of the host.
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as the roes upon the mountains to make haste.
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2 Sam. 2:18• 18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field. (2 Sam. 2:18)
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Song of Sol. 8:14• 14Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)

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Buckler,
David,
Gadites,
Lion,
Mountain Mount,
Shield,
War,
Wilderness

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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into the hold.
1 Chron. 12:16• 16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. (1 Chron. 12:16)
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1 Chron. 11:16• 16And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. (1 Chron. 11:16)
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1 Sam. 23:14,29• 14And David abode in the wilderness in strongholds, and abode in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand.
 29And David went up from thence, and abode in the strongholds of Engedi. (1 Sam. 23:14,29)
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1 Sam. 24:22• 22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; and David and his men went up to the stronghold. (1 Sam. 24:22)
of war.
Heb. of the host.
handle.
2 Chron. 25:5• 5And Amaziah gathered Judah together and arranged them according to the fathers' houses, according to the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able for military service, that could handle spear and target. (2 Chron. 25:5)
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Jer. 46:9• 9Go up, ye horses, and drive furiously, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle the bow and bend it. (Jer. 46:9)
whose faces.
1 Chron. 11:22• 22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. (1 Chron. 11:22)
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2 Sam. 1:23• 23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. (2 Sam. 1:23)
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2 Sam. 17:10• 10and even the valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion shall utterly melt; for all Israel knows that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men. (2 Sam. 17:10)
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2 Sam. 23:20• 20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. (2 Sam. 23:20)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
as swift as the roes upon the mountains.
Heb. as the roesupon the mountains to make haste.
2 Sam. 2:18• 18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, as one of the gazelles that are in the field. (2 Sam. 2:18)
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Prov. 6:5• 5deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:5)
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Song of Sol. 8:14• 14Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)
• {v.8-9} Our David has not yet received a visible kingdom, but those who acknowledge Him while He is still the rejected king have a special place in the divine annals and are "more honorable than their brethren." in like manner, men of Benjamin and Manasseh joined themselves to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. 12:1, 9), and men of Gad, Judah, and Benjamin joined him in the stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chron. 12:8, 16) before all the tribes hastened to him at Hebron. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)
• These men of Gad, whom we have seen above so careful of their genealogy which joined them to God's people, are prompt to acknowledge this people's leader. The obstacles to joining him, though of another kind from those of Benjamin, did not stop them. The Jordan, on the other side of which they dwelt, was as insurmountable an obstacle as in the days when the people had arrived opposite Jericho {1 Chron. 12:15}. (“The Kingship Recognized: 1 Chronicles 12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And of the Gadites, there separated themselves to David in the stronghold in the wilderness mighty men of valour, men fit for the service of war, armed with shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as the gazelles upon the mountains: