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Deuteronomy 21

Deut. 21:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they shall say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto theh elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
of his city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, This our son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
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 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
is stubborn
carar (Hebrew #5637)
to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory
KJV usage: X away, backsliding, rebellious, revolter(-ing), slide back, stubborn, withdrew.
Pronounce: saw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
and rebellious
marah (Hebrew #4784)
to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
KJV usage: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
Pronounce: maw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
, he will not obey
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
i our voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
; he is a glutton
zalal (Hebrew #2151)
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
KJV usage: blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
Pronounce: zaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2107)
k, and a drunkard
caba' (Hebrew #5433)
to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
KJV usage: drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-)bibber.
Pronounce: saw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 25:7• 7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. (Deut. 25:7)
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Prov. 29:17• 17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Prov. 29:17)
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Prov. 19:26• 26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. (Prov. 19:26)
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Prov. 23:19‑21• 19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
 20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Prov. 23:19‑21)

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Cross References

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he will not.
Prov. 29:17• 17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. (Prov. 29:17)
he is a glutton.
Prov. 19:26• 26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. (Prov. 19:26)
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Prov. 20:1• 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. (Prov. 20:1)
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Prov. 23:19‑21,29‑35• 19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
 20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
 29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
 30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
 31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
 32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
 33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
 34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
 35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. (Prov. 23:19‑21,29‑35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligatei and a drunkard.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "glutton," as Prov. 23.20 ("riotous eaters"), and 21.