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2 Samuel 22

2 Sam. 22:35 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He teacheth
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
my hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
ζto war
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)
; so that a bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
of steel
nchuwshah (Hebrew #5154)
feminine of 5153; copper
KJV usage: brass, steel. Compare 5176.
Pronounce: nekh-oo-shaw'
Origin: or nchushah {nekh-oo-shaw'}
is broken
nachath (Hebrew #5181)
to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead down
KJV usage: be broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.
Pronounce: naw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
by mine arms
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
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for the war.

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Cross References

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teacheth.
Psa. 18:33‑34• 33He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
 34He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. (Psa. 18:33‑34)
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Psa. 144:1• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: (Psa. 144:1)
to war.
Heb. for the war.
a bow.
Psa. 46:9• 9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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Ezek. 39:3,9‑10• 3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
 9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
 10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 39:3,9‑10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass.