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Joshua 16

Josh. 16:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And goeth down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
westward
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
to the coast
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 Japhleti
Yaphletiy (Hebrew #3311)
a Japhletite or descendant of Japhlet
KJV usage: Japhleti.
Pronounce: yaf-lay-tee'
Origin: patronymically from 3310
, unto the coast
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'}
ofe Beth-horon
Beyth (Hebrew #1032)
house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-horon.
Pronounce: Chowrown
Origin: from 1004 and 2356
the nether
tachtown (Hebrew #8481)
from 8478; bottommost
KJV usage: lower(-est), nether(-most).
Pronounce: takh-tone'
Origin: or tachton {takh-tone'}
, and to Gezer
Gezer (Hebrew #1507)
Gezer, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gazer, Gezer.
Pronounce: gheh'-zer
Origin: the same as 1506
f: 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 are at the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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2 Chron. 8:5• 5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; (2 Chron. 8:5)
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1 Chron. 7:28• 28And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: (1 Chron. 7:28)

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Beth-horon,
Coast,
Gezer; Gezrites,
Japhleti,
Sea

Cross References

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Beth-horon.Eusebius says that the two Beth-horons were twelve miles from Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus:
of which the one, called upper Beth-horon, from its situation, was built (rebuilt) by Solomon, and the other, called nether Beth-horon, was given to the Levites.
Josephus places Beth-oron about 100 furlongs from Jerusalem.
Dr. Clarke mentions an Arab village called Bethoor, about twelve miles from Jerusalem, a small distance from Rama, which he supposes, from its situation on a hill, to be Beth-horon the upper.
Josh. 18:13• 13And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon. (Josh. 18:13)
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1 Kings 9:15‑17• 15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
 16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
 17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, (1 Kings 9:15‑17)
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1 Chron. 7:24,28• 24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
 28And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: (1 Chron. 7:24,28)
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2 Chron. 8:5• 5Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; (2 Chron. 8:5)
Gezer.Probably the [gazara] of Eusebius, four miles from Nicopolis.the sea
Num. 34:6• 6And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. (Num. 34:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, as far as the border of the lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer; and ended at the sea.