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Judges 7

Judg. 7:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they took
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
a two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
of the Midianites
Midyan (Hebrew #4080)
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
KJV usage: Midian, Midianite.
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
Origin: the same as 4079
, Oreb
`Oreb (Hebrew #6159)
the same as 6158; Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
KJV usage: Oreb.
Pronounce: o-rabe'
Origin: or mOwreb {o-rabe'}
and Zeeb
Ze'eb (Hebrew #2062)
Zeeb, a Midianitish prince
KJV usage: Zeeb.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: the same as 2061
; and they slew
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
Oreb
`Oreb (Hebrew #6159)
the same as 6158; Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
KJV usage: Oreb.
Pronounce: o-rabe'
Origin: or mOwreb {o-rabe'}
upon the rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
Oreb
`Oreb (Hebrew #6159)
the same as 6158; Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
KJV usage: Oreb.
Pronounce: o-rabe'
Origin: or mOwreb {o-rabe'}
, and Zeeb
Ze'eb (Hebrew #2062)
Zeeb, a Midianitish prince
KJV usage: Zeeb.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: the same as 2061
they slew
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
at the winepress
yeqeb (Hebrew #3342)
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
KJV usage: fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).
Pronounce: yeh'-keb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to excavate
of Zeeb
Ze'eb (Hebrew #2062)
Zeeb, a Midianitish prince
KJV usage: Zeeb.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: the same as 2061
, and pursued
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
Midian
Midyan (Hebrew #4080)
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
KJV usage: Midian, Midianite.
Pronounce: mid-yawn'
Origin: the same as 4079
, and brought
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
the heads
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of Oreb
`Oreb (Hebrew #6159)
the same as 6158; Oreb, the name of a Midianite and of the cliff near the Jordan
KJV usage: Oreb.
Pronounce: o-rabe'
Origin: or mOwreb {o-rabe'}
and Zeeb
Ze'eb (Hebrew #2062)
Zeeb, a Midianitish prince
KJV usage: Zeeb.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: the same as 2061
to Gideon
Gid`own (Hebrew #1439)
feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Gideon.
Pronounce: ghid-ohn'
Origin: from 1438
on the other side
`eber (Hebrew #5676)
properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the Jordan; ususally meaning the east)
KJV usage: X against, beyond, by, X from, over, passage, quarter, (other, this) side, straight.
Pronounce: ay'-ber
Origin: from 5674
Jordan
Yarden (Hebrew #3383)
a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
KJV usage: Jordan.
Pronounce: yar-dane'
Origin: from 3381
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Judg. 8:3• 3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. (Judg. 8:3)
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Psa. 83:11‑12• 11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
 12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. (Psa. 83:11‑12)

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Gideon,
Head,
Jordan,
Midian; Midianites,
Oreb,
Prince; Princess,
River,
Rock,
Wine-Press; Wine-Fat,
Zeeb, Wine-press of

Cross References

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two princes.
Judg. 8:3• 3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. (Judg. 8:3)
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Psa. 83:11‑12• 11Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
 12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. (Psa. 83:11‑12)
rock.
Josh. 7:26• 26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. (Josh. 7:26)
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Isa. 10:26• 26And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. (Isa. 10:26)
Oreb.Eusebius and Jerome speak of a small place called Araba, three miles west from Scythopolis, which is supposed by some to have had its name from Oreb.and brought.Among ancient nations, the head of the conquered chief was usually brought to the conqueror.
Thus Pompey's head was brought to Cæsar, Cicero's head to Mark Anthony, and the heads of Ahab's children to Jehu.
These barbarities are seldom practised now, except among the Mahommedans, or the savages of Africa and America; and for the credit of human nature, it is to be wished that such atrocities had never been committed.on the other side.The words {maiaiver lyyarden,} may denote at the passage of Jordan, or from beyond Jordan.
Gideon does not appear to have yet passed the Jordan.
Judg. 8:4• 4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. (Judg. 8:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they took two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeebb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

JND Translation Notes

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See Ps. 83.11.