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Judg. 5:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They fought
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
o; the stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
in their πcourses
mcillah (Hebrew #4546)
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
KJV usage: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
Pronounce: mes-il-law'
Origin: from 5549
fought
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against Sisera
Ciycra'; (Hebrew #5516)
Sisera, the name of a Canaanitish king and of one of the Nethinim
KJV usage: Sisera.
Pronounce: see-ser-aw'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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Judg. 4:15• 15And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. (Judg. 4:15)
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paths.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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fought.
Josh. 10:11• 11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. (Josh. 10:11)
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1 Sam. 7:10• 10And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. (1 Sam. 7:10)
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Psa. 77:17‑18• 17The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
 18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. (Psa. 77:17‑18)
the stars.
Judg. 4:15• 15And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. (Judg. 4:15)
courses.
Heb. paths.
• They do not glory in, nor think of, themselves; but the victory was attributed to God only, in the proclamation of its heavenly character. (“The Conference at Jerusalem: Eating Blood”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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From heaven was the fight; The stars from their courses fought with Sisera.