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Hosea 12

Hos. 12:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heg took his brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
by the heel
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the womb
beten (Hebrew #990)
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
KJV usage: belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
Pronounce: beh'-ten
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
, and by his strength
'own (Hebrew #202)
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
KJV usage: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Pronounce: one
Origin: probably from the same as 205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)
he κhad power
sarah (Hebrew #8280)
to prevail
KJV usage: have power (as a prince).
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
with God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. (Gen. 25:26)
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was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
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Gen. 32:24• 24And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn. (Gen. 32:24)
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Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. (Gen. 25:26)
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Rom. 9:11• 11the children indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls), (Rom. 9:11)
had, etc.
Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
Gen. 32:24‑28• 24And Jacob remained alone; and a man wrestled with him until the rising of the dawn.
 25And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated 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, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:24‑28)
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James 5:16‑18• 16Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power.
 17Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
 18and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth. (James 5:16‑18)
• {v.3-6} How many a soul has been brought back to God by reminding it of joys once tasted, though long, long forgotten! (“Hosea 12” by W. Kelly)
• From the first Jacob did that which indicated the supplanting of his brother on the one hand, before it could be set down to developed character. (“Hosea 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.