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Ecclesiastes 4

Eccl. 4:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
prevail
taqaph (Hebrew #8630)
to overpower
KJV usage: prevail (against).
Pronounce: taw-kaf'
Origin: a primitive root
against him, two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
shall withstand
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
him; and a threefold
shalash (Hebrew #8027)
but apparently used only as denominative from 7969, to be (causatively, make) triplicate (by restoration, in portions, strands, days or years)
KJV usage: do the third time, (divide into, stay) three (days, - fold, parts, years old).
Pronounce: shaw-lash'
Origin: a primitive root perhaps originally to intensify, i.e. treble
cord
chuwt (Hebrew #2339)
a string; by implication, a measuring tape
KJV usage: cord, fillet, line, thread.
Pronounce: khoot
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to sew
is not quickly
mherah (Hebrew #4120)
properly, a hurry; hence (adverbially) promptly
KJV usage: hastily, quickly, shortly, soon, make (with) speed(-ily), swiftly.
Pronounce: meh-hay-raw'
Origin: feminine of 4118
broken
nathaq (Hebrew #5423)
to tear off
KJV usage: break (off), burst, draw (away), lift up, pluck (away, off), pull (out), root out.
Pronounce: naw-thak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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And if.This is well illustrated by the fable of the dying father, who, to shew his sons the advantages of union, gave them a bundle of twigs, which could not be broken when bound together, but were easily snapped asunder one by one.and a.
2 Sam. 23:9,16,18‑19,23• 9And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
 16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
 18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
 19Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
 23He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. (2 Sam. 23:9,16,18‑19,23)
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Dan. 3:16‑17• 16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
 17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. (Dan. 3:16‑17)
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Eph. 4:3• 3Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Eph. 4:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if a man overpower the one, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.