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Genesis 10

Gn. 10:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the beginning
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
of his kingdom
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
was γBabel
Babel (Hebrew #894)
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
KJV usage: Babel, Babylon.
Pronounce: baw-bel'
Origin: from 1101
, and Erech
'Erek (Hebrew #751)
length; Erek, a place in Babylon
KJV usage: Erech.
Pronounce: eh'-rek
Origin: from 748
, and Accad
'Akkad (Hebrew #390)
a fortress; Accad, a place in Babylon
KJV usage: Accad.
Pronounce: ak-kad'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to strengthen
, and Calneh
Kalneh (Hebrew #3641)
also Kalnow {kal-no'}; of foreign derivation; Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
KJV usage: Calneh, Calno. Compare 3656.
Pronounce: kal-neh'
Origin: or Kalneh {kal-nay'}
, in the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Shinar
Shin`ar (Hebrew #8152)
Shinar, a plain in Babylonia
KJV usage: Shinar.
Pronounce: shin-awr'
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
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Gr. Babylon.

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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. 1745.
B.C. 2259.
And the.
Babel.
Gr. Babylon.
Calneh.
Shinar.
 It is always seen as a mighty influence in the earth, acting in positive antagonism to everything which owes its origin to heaven; and it is not until this Babylon has been totally abolished, that the cry is heard, amid the hosts above, “Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.” (Genesis 10 by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babeli, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

JND Translation Notes

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See 2 Kings 17.24.