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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou wentest forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
for the salvation
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
of thy people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, even for salvation
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
with thine anointed
mashiyach (Hebrew #4899)
anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah
KJV usage: anointed, Messiah.
Pronounce: maw-shee'-akh
Origin: from 4886
; thou woundedst
machats (Hebrew #4272)
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
KJV usage: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.
Pronounce: maw-khats'
Origin: a primitive root
the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
e out of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, by φdiscovering
`arah (Hebrew #6168)
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
KJV usage: leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.
Pronounce: aw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
the foundation
ycowd (Hebrew #3247)
a foundation (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, foundation, repairing
Pronounce: yes-ode'
Origin: from 3245
unto the neck
tsavva'r (Hebrew #6677)
or tsavvaron (Song of Solomon 4:9) {tsav-vaw-rone'}; or (feminine) tsavva.rah (Micah 2:3) {tsav-vaw-raw'}; intensively from 6696 in the sense of binding; the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
KJV usage: neck.
Pronounce: tsav-vawr'
Origin: or tsavvar (Nehemiah 3:5) {tsav-vawr'}
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Psa. 110:6• 6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. (Psa. 110:6)
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making naked.

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Head,
House,
Salvation,
Selah,
The Anointed

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 14:13‑14• 13And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
 14The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. (Ex. 14:13‑14)
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Ex. 15:1‑2• 1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
 2The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (Ex. 15:1‑2)
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Psa. 68:7,19‑23• 7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
 19Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
 20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
 21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
 22The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
 23That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. (Psa. 68:7,19‑23)
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Psa. 77:20• 20Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psa. 77:20)
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Psa. 89:19‑21• 19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
 20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
 21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. (Psa. 89:19‑21)
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Psa. 99:6• 6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them. (Psa. 99:6)
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Psa. 105:15,26• 15Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
 26He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. (Psa. 105:15,26)
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Isa. 63:11• 11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? (Isa. 63:11)
thou woundedst.
Ex. 12:29‑30• 29And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
 30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. (Ex. 12:29‑30)
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Josh. 10:11,24,42• 11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
 24And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
 42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. (Josh. 10:11,24,42)
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Josh. 11:8,12• 8And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
 12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. (Josh. 11:8,12)
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Psa. 18:37‑45• 37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
 38I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
 40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
 41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
 42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
 43Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
 44As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
 45The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. (Psa. 18:37‑45)
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Psa. 68:21• 21But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. (Psa. 68:21)
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Psa. 74:13‑14• 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (Psa. 74:13‑14)
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Psa. 110:6• 6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. (Psa. 110:6)
discovering.
Heb. making naked.
• To a Jew’s mind, and very properly, the salvation of Israel is as a rule bound up with the judgment of the Gentiles when the chosen people shall rise to their allotted and good eminence, at length fitted for it after humiliation....It is power that comes down to earth, and deals with the world, leaving the Jews for blessing, by the destruction of their enemies under the hand of God. (“Habakkuk 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.