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Joshua 15

Josh. 15:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And 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'}
went up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
toward Debir
Dbiyr (Hebrew #1688)
the same as 1687; Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Debir.
Pronounce: deb-eer'
Origin: or (shortened) Dbir (Josh. 13:26 (but see 3810)) {deb-eer'}
from the valley
`emeq (Hebrew #6010)
a vale (i.e. broad depression)
KJV usage: dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also 1025.
Pronounce: ay'-mek
Origin: from 6009
of Achor
`Alowr (Hebrew #5911)
troubled; Akor, the name of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Achor.
Pronounce: aw-kore'
Origin: from 5916
m, and so northward
tsaphown (Hebrew #6828)
from 6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
KJV usage: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tsaw-fone'
Origin: or tsaphon {tsaw-fone'}
, looking
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
toward Gilgal
Gilgal (Hebrew #1537)
Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Gilgal. See also 1019.
Pronounce: ghil-gawl'
Origin: the same as 1536 (with the article as a properly, noun)
o, that is before
nokach (Hebrew #5227)
properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of
KJV usage: (over) against, before, direct(-ly), for, right (on).
Pronounce: no'-kakh
Origin: from the same as 5226
the going up
ma`aleh (Hebrew #4608)
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
KJV usage: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
Pronounce: mah-al-eh'
Origin: from 5927
to Adummim
'Adummiym (Hebrew #131)
red spots; Adummim, a pass in Palestine
KJV usage: Adummim.
Pronounce: ad-oom-meem'
Origin: plural of 121
, which is on the south side
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
of the river
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
: and 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'}
passed
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
toward the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of En-shemesh
`Eyn (Hebrew #5885)
fountain of the sun; En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: En-shemesh.
Pronounce: Shemesh
Origin: from 5869 and 8121
, and the goings out
towtsa'ah (Hebrew #8444)
from 3318; (only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source
KJV usage: border(-s), going(-s) forth (out), issues, outgoings.
Pronounce: to-tsaw-aw'
Origin: or totsaah {to-tsaw-aw'}
thereof were atq En-rogel
`Eyn (Hebrew #5883)
from 5869 and the active participle of 7270; fountain of a traveller; En-Rogel, a place near Jerusalem: --En-rogel.
Pronounce: Rogel
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Josh. 7:26• 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. (Josh. 7:26)
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Josh. 5:9• 9And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. (Josh. 5:9)
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2 Sam. 17:17• 17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. (2 Sam. 17:17)
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1 Kings 1:9• 9And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: (1 Kings 1:9)

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Achor, Valley of,
Adummim,
Debir,
En-rogel,
En-shemesh,
Gilgal,
River,
South,
Vale; Valley

Cross References

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Debir.
Josh. 15:15• 15And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. (Josh. 15:15)
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Josh. 10:38‑39• 38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
 39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. (Josh. 10:38‑39)
the valley.
Josh. 7:26• 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. (Josh. 7:26)
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Isa. 65:10• 10And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. (Isa. 65:10)
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Hos. 2:5• 5For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. (Hos. 2:5)
Gilgal.
Josh. 4:19• 19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. (Josh. 4:19)
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Josh. 5:9‑10• 9And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. (Josh. 5:9‑10)
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Josh. 10:43• 43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. (Josh. 10:43)
Adummim.A town and mountain of Benjamin (Jos 18:17,) near Jericho, towards Jerusalem.En-shemesh.Situated east of Jerusalem, on the confines of Judah and Benjamin.En-rogel.Supposed to be the same as the fountain of Siloam, east of Jerusalem, at the foot of mount Zion.
2 Sam. 17:17• 17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. (2 Sam. 17:17)
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1 Kings 1:9• 9And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: (1 Kings 1:9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward to Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and ended at En-rogel;