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Joshua 8

Josh. 8:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Ai
`Ay (Hebrew #5857)
or eAyath (Isaiah 10:28) {ah-yawth'}; for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Pronounce: ah'ee
Origin: or (feminine) uAya( (Neh. 11:31) {ah-yaw'}
they took
taphas (Hebrew #8610)
to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
KJV usage: catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
Pronounce: taw-fas'
Origin: a primitive root
alive
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
, and brought
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
him to Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
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Ai; Hai,
Joshua,
King

Cross References

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Josh. 8:29• 29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. (Josh. 8:29)
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Josh. 10:17• 17And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. (Josh. 10:17)
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1 Sam. 15:8• 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 15:8)
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Rev. 19:20• 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.