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Judg. 6:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Gideon
Gid`own (Hebrew #1439)
feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Gideon.
Pronounce: ghid-ohn'
Origin: from 1438
built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
an altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
there unto 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
, and called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
it ζJehovah-shalom
Yhavah (Hebrew #3073)
Jehovah (is) peace; Jehovah-Shalom, a symbolical name of an altar in Palestine
KJV usage: Jehovah-shalom.
Pronounce: shalowm
Origin: from 3068 and 7965
: unto this day
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
it is yet in Ophrah
`Ophrah (Hebrew #6084)
female fawn; Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Ophrah.
Pronounce: of-raw'
Origin: feminine of 6082
of the Abiezrites
'Abiy (Hebrew #33)
from 44 with the article inserted; father of the Ezrite; an Abiezrite or descendant of Abiezer; -- Abiezrite.
Pronounce: ha-`Ezriy
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i.e. The LORD send peace,
Gen. 22:14• 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided. (Gen. 22:14)
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Ex. 17:15• 15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi. (Ex. 17:15)
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Jer. 33:16• 16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called: Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 33:16)
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Ezek. 48:35• 35Round about it was eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there. (Ezek. 48:35)
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More on:

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Abiezrite,
Altar,
Day,
Gideon,
Jehovah-shalom; Jehovahshalom,
Ophrah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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built.
Judg. 21:4• 4And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. (Judg. 21:4)
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Gen. 33:20• 20And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. (Gen. 33:20)
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Josh. 22:10,26‑28• 10And they came to the districts of the Jordan that are in the land of Canaan; and the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of grand appearance.
 26And we said, Let us now set to work to build an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice,
 27but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we might do service to Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in future, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
 28And we said, If it shall be that in future they so say to us and to our generations, we will say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah which our fathers made, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you. (Josh. 22:10,26‑28)
Jehovah-shalom.
that is, The Lord send peace.
Gen. 22:14• 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided. (Gen. 22:14)
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Ex. 17:15• 15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi. (Ex. 17:15)
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Jer. 23:6• 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in safety; and this is his name whereby he shall be called, Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 23:6)
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Jer. 33:16• 16In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. And this is the name wherewith she shall be called: Jehovah our Righteousness. (Jer. 33:16)
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Ezek. 48:35• 35Round about it was eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah is there. (Ezek. 48:35)
Ophrah.
Judg. 8:32• 32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. (Judg. 8:32)
• The first result of what Gideon had just learned was not to press him into service (another fact completely lost sight of by Christians of our day), but to make him a worshipper. (“Gideon: Gideon Prepared for Service: Judges 6:11-40” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Gideon built there an altar to Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalomc. To this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.

JND Translation Notes

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c
"Jehovah [of] peace."