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Genesis 19

Gen. 19:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Haste
mahar (Hebrew #4116)
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
KJV usage: be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) X quickly, rash, X shortly, (be so) X soon, make speed, X speedily, X straightway, X suddenly, swift.
Pronounce: maw-har'
Origin: a primitive root
thee, escape
malat (Hebrew #4422)
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
thither; forj I cannot
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
any thing
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
till thou be come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
thither. Therefore the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
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}
was called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
δZoar
Tso`ar (Hebrew #6820)
little; Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Zoar.
Pronounce: tso'ar
Origin: from 6819
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Gen. 32:26• 26And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. (Gen. 32:26)
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Ex. 32:10• 10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation. (Ex. 32:10)
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Deut. 9:14• 14{i}Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.{/i} (Deut. 9:14)
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Mark 6:5• 5And he could there do no work of power, save that he laid his hands upon a few infirm persons, and healed them. (Mark 6:5)
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i.e. little.

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Gen. 32:25‑28• 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.
 26And he said, Let me go, for the dawn ariseth. And he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
 27And he said to him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
 28And he said, Not Jacob shall be called henceforth thy name, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:25‑28)
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Ex. 32:10• 10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them; and I will make of thee a great nation. (Ex. 32:10)
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Deut. 9:14• 14{i}Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.{/i} (Deut. 9:14)
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Psa. 91:1‑10• 1He that dwelleth in covert of the Most High{HR}Abideth in the shadow of the Almighty.
 2I will say of Jehovah, My refuge and my fortress, my God;{HR}I will confide in him.
 3Surely {i}he{/i} shall deliver thee from the fowler's snare,{HR}From mischiefs' plague.
 4With his feathers will he cover thee,{HR}And under his wings shalt thou trust:{HR}A shield and buckler [is] his truth.
 5Thou shalt not be afraid for terror by night,{HR}For arrow flying by day,
 6For plague walking in darkness,{HR}For destruction waiting at noon.
 7A thousand shall fall at thy side,{HR}And a myriad at thy right hand;{HR}To thee it shall not come nigh.
 8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold{HR}And see the requital of wicked [men].
 9Because {i}thou{/i} hast made Jehovah, my refuge,{HR}The Most High, thy habitation,
 10No evil shall befall thee,{HR}And no plague shall draw near thy tent. (Psa. 91:1‑10)
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Isa. 65:8• 8Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is said, Destroy it not; for a blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy [them] all. (Isa. 65:8)
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Mark 6:5• 5And he could there do no work of power, save that he laid his hands upon a few infirm persons, and healed them. (Mark 6:5)
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2 Tim. 2:13• 13if we are unfaithful, he abideth faithful, for he cannot deny himself. (2 Tim. 2:13)
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Titus 1:2• 2upon hope of life eternal which God that cannot lie promised before the times of the ages, (Titus 1:2)
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Gen. 13:10• 10{i}And Lot{/i} lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan {i}that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.{/i} (Gen. 13:10)
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Gen. 14:2• 2{i}that they made war with Bera the king of Sodom, and with Birsha the king of Gomorrha, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.{/i} (Gen. 14:2)
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Isa. 15:5• 5My heart crieth out for Moab; their nobles [flee] unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up by it; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. (Isa. 15:5)
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Jer. 48:34• 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. (Jer. 48:34)
Zoar.
i.e., little.
Gen. 19:20• 20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. (Gen. 19:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoara.

JND Translation Notes

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W. Kelly Translation

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Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.