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Exodus 17

Ex. 17:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he said
'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
, ηBecause the θLord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
hath sworn
kec (Hebrew #3676)
apparently a contraction for 3678, but probably by erroneous transcription for 5251
KJV usage: sworn.
Pronounce: kace
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
that the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will have 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)
with Amalek
`Amaleq (Hebrew #6002)
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Amalek.
Pronounce: am-aw-lake'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
from generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
to generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
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or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc.
θ
the hand upon the throne of the LORD.

More on:

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Amalek; Amalekites,
Generation,
War

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Because, etc.
or, Because the hand of Amalek is against thethrone of the Lord, therefore, etc.
the Lord, etc.
Heb. the hand upon the throne of the Lord.
Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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Acts 7:49• 49Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49)
will have war.
Psa. 21:8‑11• 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
 10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
 11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. (Psa. 21:8‑11)
• One would have thought, indeed, that if God made war, and unfurled the banner, it would soon be over; but no! From generation to generation He would make war upon Amalek. (“Exodus 16-17” by J.N. Darby)
• He therefore it was who led our hosts, and He it is who will lead our hosts; for His controversy with Amalek will never cease. As long as He has a people on the earth, so long will Satan seek to encompass their overthrow. (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)
• Two things were combined in this memorial—the record of their deliverance from Amalek, and the pledge of his final overthrow. Every display of the Lord’s power on behalf of His people bears this double character. If He step in and vindicate them from the assaults of their enemies, He, by that same act, assures them of His continual protection and care. Every interposition therefore of His between them and their foes should be rehearsed in their ears, and written on their hearts, both as the memorial of the past, and as the guarantee of His immutable defense. Hence when the Psalmist celebrates a past deliverance, he exclaims, “Though an host should encamp against, me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident” (Psa. 27:3). (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!

W. Kelly Translation

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For he said, Because Jah hath sworn that Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generationa.

WK Translation Notes

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Literally, Because the (or a) hand (is) on the throne of Jah, war (is) from Jehovah with Amalek from generation to generation. The KJV gives the sense.