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Genesis 31

Gen. 31:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore didst thou flee away
barach (Hebrew #1272)
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
KJV usage: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Pronounce: baw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
secretly
chaba' (Hebrew #2244)
to secrete
KJV usage: X held, hide (self), do secretly.
Pronounce: khaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2245)
, and θsteal away
ganab (Hebrew #1589)
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
KJV usage: carry away, X indeed, secretly bring, steal (away), get by stealth.
Pronounce: gaw-nab'
Origin: a primitive root
from me; and didst not tell
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
me, that I might have sent thee away
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
with mirth
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
, and with songs
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
d, with tabret
toph (Hebrew #8596)
a tambourine
KJV usage: tabret, timbrel.
Pronounce: tofe
Origin: from 8608 contracted
, and with harp
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
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hast stolen me.
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Job 21:11‑12• 11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
 12They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. (Job 21:11‑12)

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Harp,
Songs,
Tabret; Timbrel

Cross References

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Wherefore.
Gen. 31:3‑5,20‑21,31• 3And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
 4And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock,
 5and said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me.
 20And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled.
 21And he fled with all that he had; and he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward mount Gilead.
 31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, I was afraid; for I said, Lest thou shouldest take by force thy daughters from me. (Gen. 31:3‑5,20‑21,31)
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Judg. 6:27• 27And Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had said to him. And it came to pass, because he feared his father's house, and the men of the city, if he did it by day, that he did it by night. (Judg. 6:27)
steal away from me.
Heb. hast stolen me.
Gen. 31:20• 20And Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he did not tell him that he fled. (Gen. 31:20)
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Gen. 31•  (Gen. 31)
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that I.
Prov. 26:23‑26• 23Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
 25when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
 26Though his hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation. (Prov. 26:23‑26)
with mirth.
Gen. 24:59‑60• 59And they sent away Rebecca their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
 60And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art our sister; mayest thou become thousands of tens of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gate of their enemies! (Gen. 24:59‑60)
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Job 21:11‑14• 11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
 12They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
 13They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
 14And they say unto *God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! (Job 21:11‑14)
tabret.
Ex. 15:20• 20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances. (Ex. 15:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Why didst thou flee away covertly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have conducted thee with mirth and with songs, with tambour and with harp;