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Genesis 19

Gen. 19:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when
kmow (Hebrew #3644)
a form of the prefix "k-", but used separately (compare 3651); as, thus, so
KJV usage: according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.
Pronounce: kem-o'
Origin: or kamow {kaw-mo'}
the morning
shachar (Hebrew #7837)
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
KJV usage: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Pronounce: shakh'-ar
Origin: from 7836
arose
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, then the angels
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
hastened
'uwts (Hebrew #213)
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n, -y), labor, be narrow.
Pronounce: oots
Origin: a primitive root
Lot
Lowt (Hebrew #3876)
Lot, Abraham's nephew
KJV usage: Lot.
Pronounce: lote
Origin: the same as 3875
, saying
'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
, Arise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
, take
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
thy 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
, and thy 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
daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
, which βare here
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
; lest thou be consumed
caphah (Hebrew #5595)
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
KJV usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
in the γiniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
of the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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β
are found.
γ
or, punishment.

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Lot,
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Cross References

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hastened.
Gen. 19:17,22• 17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
 22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. (Gen. 19:17,22)
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Num. 16:24‑27• 24Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
 25And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
 26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
 27So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. (Num. 16:24‑27)
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Prov. 6:4‑5• 4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
 5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:4‑5)
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Luke 13:24‑25• 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: (Luke 13:24‑25)
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2 Cor. 6:2• 2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Cor. 6:2)
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Heb. 3:7‑8• 7Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
 8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (Heb. 3:7‑8)
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Rev. 18:4• 4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Rev. 18:4)
are here.
Heb. are found.
iniquity.
or, punishment.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are presente, lest thou perish in the iniquityf of the city.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "are found."
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Or "punishment." See Zech. 14.19.