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Joshua 10

Josh. 10:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That they feared
yare' (Hebrew #3372)
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
KJV usage: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: a primitive root
f greatly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
, because Gibeon
Gib`own (Hebrew #1391)
hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gibeon.
Pronounce: ghib-ohn'
Origin: from the same as 1387
was a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, as one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of the γroyal
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and because it was greater
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
than Ai
`Ay (Hebrew #5857)
or eAyath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Pronounce: ah'ee
Origin: or (feminine) uAya( (Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}
, and all the men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
thereof were mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
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they feared.
Josh. 2:9‑13,24• 9and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that the dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
10For we have heard that Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red sea before you when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11We heard of it, and our heart melted, and there remained no more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath.
12And now, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a certain sign,
13that ye will let my father live, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that belong to them, and deliver our souls from death.
24And they said to Joshua, Of a surety Jehovah has given the whole land into our hands, and even all the inhabitants of the land faint because of us.
(Josh. 2:9‑13,24)
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Ex. 15:14‑16• 14The peoples heard it, they were afraid: A thrill seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
16Fear and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
(Ex. 15:14‑16)
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Deut. 11:25• 25No man shall be able to stand before you: the fear of you and the dread of you will Jehovah your God lay upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. (Deut. 11:25)
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Deut. 28:10• 10And all peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah, and they shall be afraid of thee. (Deut. 28:10)
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Psa. 48:4‑6• 4For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
5They saw,--so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:
6Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.
(Psa. 48:4‑6)
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Prov. 1:26‑27• 26I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
(Prov. 1:26‑27)
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Prov. 10:24• 24The fear of a wicked man, it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. (Prov. 10:24)
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Heb. 10:27,31• 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
31It is a fearful thing falling into the hands of the living God.
(Heb. 10:27,31)
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Rev. 6:15‑17• 15And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from the face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
17because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able to stand?
(Rev. 6:15‑17)
Gibeon.Gibeon was situated on an eminence, as its name imports, 40 furlongs north from Jerusalem, according to Josephus.the royal cities.
Heb. cities of the kingdom.

J. N. Darby Translation

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that they feared greatly; for Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.