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Exodus 21

Ex. 21:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
strive
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
together, and one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
κanother
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
with a stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
, or
'ow (Hebrew #176)
short for 185; desire (and so probably in Prov. 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
KJV usage: also, and, either, if, at the least, X nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Pronounce: o
Origin: presumed to be the "constructive" or genitival form of -av {av}
with his fist
'egroph (Hebrew #106)
the clenched hand
KJV usage: fist.
Pronounce: eg-rofe'
Origin: from 1640 (in the sense of grasping)
, and he die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
not, but keepeth
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
his bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
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or, his neighbor.

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Bed; Bedstead,
Man,
Stones

Cross References

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men.
Ex. 21:22• 22And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate. (Ex. 21:22)
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Ex. 2:13• 13And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour? (Ex. 2:13)
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Deut. 25:11• 11When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts, (Deut. 25:11)
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2 Sam. 14:6• 6And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him. (2 Sam. 14:6)
another.
or, his neighbour.
a stone.
Ex. 21:20• 20And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged. (Ex. 21:20)
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Num. 35:16‑24• 16And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
 17And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
 18Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
 19the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
 20And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,
 21or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.--
 22But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,
 23or have smitten him with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
 24then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments; (Num. 35:16‑24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed,