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Exodus 18

Ex. 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Jethro
Yithrow (Hebrew #3503)
his excellence; Jethro, Moses' father-in-law
KJV usage: Jethro. Compare 3500.
Pronounce: yith-ro'
Origin: from 3499 with pron. suffix
, Moses’
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
father in law
chathan (Hebrew #2859)
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
KJV usage: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Pronounce: khaw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
, took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
Zipporah
Tsipporah (Hebrew #6855)
bird; Tsipporah, Moses' wife
KJV usage: Zipporah.
Pronounce: tsip-po-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6833
, Moses’
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
he had sent her back
shilluwach (Hebrew #7964)
from 7971; (only in plural) a dismissal, i.e. (of a wife) divorce (especially the document); also (of a daughter) dower
KJV usage: presents, have sent back.
Pronounce: shil-loo'-akh
Origin: or shilluach {shil-loo'-akh}
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Father,
Jethro,
Moses,
Wife,
Zipporah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Zipporah.
Ex. 2:21• 21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (Ex. 2:21)
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Ex. 4:25‑26• 25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
 26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. (Ex. 4:25‑26)
• During the days of the deliverance of Israel Moses’ wife had been sent away, as the church during the tribulation, and as the church will appear in the joy of Israel’s deliverance, so now Zipporah appears again upon the scene. (“Exodus 18” by J.N. Darby)
• The church is seen in Zipporah. She was the Gentile wife of Moses, and as such prefigures the church. All thus is in keeping with the millennial character of the picture; for when Israel is restored, and rejoices in the happy sway of Emmanuel, the church will have her part in the gladness of that day, associated as she will be in the glories of the reign of the thousand years. (“Millennial Blessing: Exodus 18” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)