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Heb. 3:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
with whom
tis (Greek #5101)
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
KJV usage: every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
Pronounce: tis
Origin: probably emphatic of 5100
was he grieved
prosochthizo (Greek #4360)
to feel indignant at
KJV usage: be grieved at.
Pronounce: pros-okh-thid'-zo
Origin: from 4314 and a form of ὀχθέω (to be vexed with something irksome)
forty
tessarakonta (Greek #5062)
forty
KJV usage: forty.
Pronounce: tes-sar-ak'-on-tah
Origin: the decade of 5064
years
etos (Greek #2094)
a year
KJV usage: year.
Pronounce: et'-os
Origin: apparently a primary word
? was it not
ouchi (Greek #3780)
not indeed
KJV usage: nay, not.
Pronounce: oo-khee'
Origin: intensive of 3756
with them that had sinned
hamartano (Greek #264)
properly, to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin
KJV usage: for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
Pronounce: ham-ar-tan'-o
Origin: perhaps from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 3313
, whose
hos (Greek #3739)
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
KJV usage: one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. See also 3757.
Pronounce: hos
Origin: ἥ (hay), and neuter ὅ (ho) probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article 3588)
carcases
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kolon (Greek #2966)
a limb of the body (as if lopped)
KJV usage: carcase.
Pronounce: ko'-lon
Origin: from the base of 2849
d fell
pipto (Greek #4098)
(which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); probably akin to 4072 through the idea of alighting; to fall (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fail, fall (down), light on.
Pronounce: pip'-to
Origin: πέτω (pet'-o)
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the wilderness
eremos (Greek #2048)
lonesome, i.e. (by implication) waste (usually as a noun, 5561 being implied)
KJV usage: desert, desolate, solitary, wilderness.
Pronounce: er'-ay-mos
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Num. 26:64‑65• 64But among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
 65For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (Num. 26:64‑65)
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Jude 5• 5But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed. (Jude 5)

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with him.
Heb. 3:10• 10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and *they* have not known my ways; (Heb. 3:10)
was it.
Num. 26:64‑65• 64But among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
 65For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. (Num. 26:64‑65)
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1 Cor. 10:1‑13• 1For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
 2and all were baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
 3and all ate the same spiritual food,
 4and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them:
 5yet God was not pleased with the most of them, for they were strewed in the desert.
 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted.
 7Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
 8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
 9Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.
 10Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer.
 11Now all these things happened to them as types, and have been written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
 12So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
 13No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:1‑13)
whose.
Num. 14:22,29,32‑33• 22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,
 29In this wilderness shall your carcases fall; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upwards, who have murmured against me,
 32And as to you, your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.
 33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. (Num. 14:22,29,32‑33)
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Deut. 2:15‑16• 15Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
 16And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people, (Deut. 2:15‑16)
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Jer. 9:22• 22Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Yea, the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the reaper, and there shall be none to gather. (Jer. 9:22)
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Jude 5• 5But I would put you in remembrance, you who once knew all things, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed those who had not believed. (Jude 5)
• It was no mere sudden slip, but the grave evil of habitual state that aroused His strong displeasure; in fact, the whole period of His unparalleled intervention in the wilderness, where their stay gave occasion to His constant and wondrous tokens of mercy before all eyes. (“Hebrews 3:14-19” by W. Kelly)
• {v.17-18} Then referring again to Israel in the wilderness, the writer asks three searching questions to bring out the hardness, sin and unbelief of Israel. (“The Wilderness That Calls for the Service of Christ: Hebrews 3:7-19” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And with whom was he wroth forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcasesa fell in the wilderness?

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "limbs." often used for a carcase. Some suppose the idea of the body falling to pieces.

W. Kelly Translation

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And with whom was he wroth forty years? [Was it] not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?