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Joshua 6

Josh. 6:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the 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}
shall be γaccursed
cherem (Hebrew #2764)
from 2763; physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstr. extermination
KJV usage: (ac-)curse(- d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.
Pronounce: khay'-rem
Origin: or (Zecheriah 14:11) cherem {kheh'-rem}
, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: only Rahab
Rachab (Hebrew #7343)
proud; Rachab, a Canaanitess
KJV usage: Rahab.
Pronounce: raw-khawb'
Origin: the same as 7342
the harlot
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
shall live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
, she and all that are with her in the 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
, because she hid
chaba' (Hebrew #2244)
to secrete
KJV usage: X held, hide (self), do secretly.
Pronounce: khaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2245)
e the messengers
mal'ak (Hebrew #4397)
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
KJV usage: ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
Pronounce: mal-awk'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy
that we sent
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, devoted,
Lev. 27:28• 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy to Jehovah. (Lev. 27:28)
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Mic. 4:13• 13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people , and I will consecrate their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto Jehovah of the whole earth. (Mic. 4:13)
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Josh. 2:4• 4{i}And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;{/i} (Josh. 2:4)

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Accursed,
Harlot,
House,
Rahab; Rachab

Cross References

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accursed.
or, devoted.
Josh. 7:1• 1{i}But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse:{/i} Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. (Josh. 7:1)
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Lev. 27:28‑29• 28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy to Jehovah.
 29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. (Lev. 27:28‑29)
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Num. 21:2‑3• 2{i}Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.{/i}
 3{i}And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.{/i} (Num. 21:2‑3)
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1 Cor. 2:7• 7But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden [wisdom] which God pre-determined before the ages for our glory; (1 Cor. 2:7)
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Ezra 10:8• 8and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. (Ezra 10:8)
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Ezra 10•  (Ezra 10)
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Isa. 34:6• 6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. (Isa. 34:6)
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Jer. 46:10• 10For this is the day of Jehovah God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries; and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Jehovah of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. (Jer. 46:10)
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Ezek. 39:17• 17And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. (Ezek. 39:17)
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Mic. 4:13• 13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people , and I will consecrate their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto Jehovah of the whole earth. (Mic. 4:13)
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1 Cor. 16:22• 22If anyone loveth not the Lord [Jesus Christ], let him be anathema maranatha. (1 Cor. 16:22)
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Gal. 3:10,12• 10For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
 12live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them. (Gal. 3:10,12)
only Rahab.
Josh. 2:1• 1{i}And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.{/i} (Josh. 2:1)
because.
Josh. 6:22‑23• 22But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
 23{i}And the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had: all her kindred did they bring out, and they left them outside the camp of Israel{/i}. (Josh. 6:22‑23)
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Josh. 2:4‑6,22• 4{i}And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew not whence they were;{/i}
 5{i}and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.{/i}
 6{i}But she had taken them up to the roof, and secreted them under the stalks of flax, which she had laid out on the roof.{/i}
 22{i}And they went, and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned; and the pursuers sought them all the way, and found them not.{/i} (Josh. 2:4‑6,22)
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Gen. 12:3• 3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. (Gen. 12:3)
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1 Sam. 15:6• 6{i}And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, and go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.{/i} (1 Sam. 15:6)
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Matt. 10:41‑42• 41{i}He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.{/i}
 42{i}And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.{/i} (Matt. 10:41‑42)
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Matt. 25:40• 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:40)
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed unto his name, in that ye ministered to his saints and do minister. (Heb. 6:10)
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Heb. 11:31• 31By faith Rahab the harlot perished not along with the disobedient, having received the spies with peace. (Heb. 11:31)
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James 2:25• 25And likewise was not also Rahab the harlot justified by works in that she received the messengers and sent [them] out another way? (James 2:25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the city shall be accursedb, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

JND Translation Notes

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"Devoted by curse to destruction." so ver. 18.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)