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Judg. 5:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of Shamgar
Shamgar (Hebrew #8044)
Shamgar, an Israelite judge
KJV usage: Shamgar.
Pronounce: sham-gar'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
c the son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Anath
`Anath (Hebrew #6067)
answer; Anath, an Israelite
KJV usage: Anath.
Pronounce: an-awth'
Origin: from 6030
, in the days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of Jael
Ya`el (Hebrew #3278)
Jael, a Canaanite
KJV usage: Jael.
Pronounce: yaw-ale'
Origin: the same as 3277
d, thee highways
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
were unoccupied
chadal (Hebrew #2308)
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Pronounce: khaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the χtravellers
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
walked
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
through ξbyways
nathiyb (Hebrew #5410)
or nthibah (Jeremiah 6:16) {neth-ee-baw'}; from an unused root meaning to tramp; a (beaten) track
KJV usage: path((-way)), X travel(-ler), way.
Pronounce: naw-theeb'
Origin: or (feminine) nthiybah {neth-ee-baw'}
`aqalqal (Hebrew #6128)
winding
KJV usage: by(-way), crooked way.
Pronounce: ak-al-kal'
Origin: from 6127
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Judg. 3:31• 31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel. (Judg. 3:31)
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Judg. 4:17• 17And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. (Judg. 4:17)
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Lev. 26:22• 22And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate. (Lev. 26:22)
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walkers of paths.
ξ
crooked ways.

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Anath,
Jael,
Shamgar,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Shamgar.
Judg. 3:31• 31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel. (Judg. 3:31)
Jael.
Judg. 4:17‑18• 17And Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
 18And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And he turned in to her, into the tent, and she covered him with the quilt. (Judg. 4:17‑18)
the highways.
Lev. 26:22• 22And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate. (Lev. 26:22)
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2 Chron. 15:5• 5And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in, but great disturbances were amongst all the inhabitants of the countries. (2 Chron. 15:5)
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Isa. 33:8• 8The highways are desolate, the wayfaring man ceaseth. He hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. (Isa. 33:8)
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Lam. 1:4• 4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly: all her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are in grief; and as for her, she is in bitterness. (Lam. 1:4)
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Lam. 4:18• 18They hunted our steps, that we could not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. (Lam. 4:18)
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Mic. 3:12• 12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. (Mic. 3:12)
travellers.
Heb. walkers of paths.
by-ways.
Heb. crookedways.
Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)
• {v.6-8} Here we have a new principle. The faithful acknowledge the ruin in Israel. They neither attempt to palliate nor excuse the evil, but judge it according to God. (“The Conference at Jerusalem: Eating Blood”)
• The travelers chose the by-paths, each one according to the choice of his own heart. Is it not this also which characterizes the church of God in our day? (“The Conference at Jerusalem: Eating Blood”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unusedb, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "ceased."