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Joshua 15

Josh. 15:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This then was the lot
gowral (Hebrew #1486)
from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figuratively, a portion or destiny (as if determined by lot)
KJV usage: lot.
Pronounce: go-rawl'
Origin: or (shortened) goral {go-ral'}
a of the tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
by their families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
; evenc to the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
of Edom
'Edom (Hebrew #123)
from 122; red (see Gen. 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
KJV usage: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Pronounce: ed-ome'
Origin: or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}
the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
of Zin
Tsin (Hebrew #6790)
a crag; Tsin, a part of the Desert
KJV usage: Zin.
Pronounce: tseen
Origin: from an unused root meaning to prick
southward
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
was the uttermost part
qatseh (Hebrew #7097)
from 7096; an extremity (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare 7093)
KJV usage: X after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-)finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-)side, X some, ut(-ter-)most (part).
Pronounce: kaw-tseh'
Origin: or (negative only) qetseh {kay'-tseh}
of the south coast
teyman (Hebrew #8486)
denominative from 3225; the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
KJV usage: south (side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tay-mawn'
Origin: or teman {tay-mawn'}
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Num. 26:55• 55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. (Num. 26:55)
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Num. 34:3‑5• 3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
 4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
 5And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. (Num. 34:3‑5)

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Coast,
Edom,
Judah,
South,
Tribe,
Wilderness of Zin

Cross References

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1-12:  The borders of the lot Judah.
13-15:  Caleb's portion and conquest.
16-17:  Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife.
18-20:  She obtains a blessing of her father.
21-62:  The cities of Judah.
63:  The Jebusites unconquered.
A.M. 2561.
B.C. 1443.
An. Ex. Is. 48.
This then was thelot. The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years.
Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains.
On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative.
Josh. 14:2• 2By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. (Josh. 14:2)
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Num. 26:55‑56• 55Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
 56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. (Num. 26:55‑56)
even to the.
Num. 33:36‑37• 36And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
 37And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. (Num. 33:36‑37)
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Num. 34:3‑5• 3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
 4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
 5And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. (Num. 34:3‑5)
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Ezek. 47:19• 19And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. (Ezek. 47:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.