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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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. (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 the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto 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 field unto his flock,
 5And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
 20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
 21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
 31And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. (Gen. 31:3‑5,20‑21,31)
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Judg. 6:27• 27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do 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 stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (Gen. 31:20)
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Gen. 31•  (Gen. 31)
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that I.
Prov. 26:23‑26• 23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
 25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
 26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation. (Prov. 26:23‑26)
with mirth.
Gen. 24:59‑60• 59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
 60And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. (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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
 13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
 14Therefore 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 a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels 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;