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Judges 8

Judg. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, What have I done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning
`olelah (Hebrew #5955)
only in plural gleanings; by extens. gleaning-time
KJV usage: (gleaning) (of the) grapes, grapegleanings.
Pronounce: o-lay-law'
Origin: feminine active participle of 5953
of the grapes of Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
than the vintage
batsiyr (Hebrew #1210)
clipped, i.e. the grape crop
KJV usage: vintage.
Pronounce: baw-tseer'
Origin: from 1219
of Abiezer
'Abiy`ezer (Hebrew #44)
father of help (i.e. helpful); Abiezer, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abiezer.
Pronounce: ab-ee-ay'-zer
Origin: from 1 and 5829
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Abiezer,
Ephraim,
Gleaning,
Grapes,
Vintage

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• 4Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
 5does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
 6does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)
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Gal. 5:14‑15• 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
 15but if ye bite and devour one another, see that ye are not consumed one of another. (Gal. 5:14‑15)
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Phil. 2:2‑3• 2fulfil my joy, that ye may think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking one thing;
 3let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves; (Phil. 2:2‑3)
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James 1:19‑20• 19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
 20for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)
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James 3:13‑18• 13Who is wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;
 14but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
 16For where emulation and strife are, there is disorder and every evil thing.
 17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned.
 18But the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown for them that make peace. (James 3:13‑18)
Is not the.That is, the Ephraimites have performed more important services than Gideon and his men had achieved.Abiezer.
Judg. 6:11,34• 11And an angel of Jehovah came and sat under the terebinth that was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abi-ezrite. And his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, to secure it from the Midianites.
 34And the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Gideon, and he blew the trumpet, and the Abi ezrites were gathered after him. (Judg. 6:11,34)
• The book of Judges gives us three examples of similar contentions: the case of Gideon, that of Jephthah, and that of the eleven tribes against Benjamin. Here trouble was avoided, and a breach prevented. Later on, it was not so. (“Gideon: Difficulties and Snares in Service: Judges 8:1-23” by H.L. Rossier)
• The servant that Jehovah had used for this great deliverance, took care not to speak of himself. He devoted his attention to what God had done by the hands of his brethren. (“Gideon: Difficulties and Snares in Service: Judges 8:1-23” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?