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Joshua 2

Josh. 2:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then she leth them 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'
by a cord
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
through
b`ad (Hebrew #1157)
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
KJV usage: about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
Pronounce: beh-ad'
Origin: from 5704 with prepositional prefix
the window
challown (Hebrew #2474)
a window (as perforated)
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: khal-lone'
: for her house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
was upon the town
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
, and she dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
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Acts 9:25• 25but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. (Acts 9:25)

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Cord,
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Cross References

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she let them.
1 Sam. 19:12‑17• 12And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped.
 13And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the coverlet.
 14And Saul sent messengers to take David, and she said, He is sick.
 15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.
 16And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net of goats' hair at its head.
 17Then Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I slay thee? (1 Sam. 19:12‑17)
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Acts 9:25• 25but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket. (Acts 9:25)
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2 Cor. 11:33• 33and through a window in a basket I was let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Cor. 11:33)
for her house.
Josh. 6:20• 20And the people shouted, and they blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass when the people heard the sound of the trumpets, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat; and the people went up into the city, each one straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.