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Nehemiah 9

Neh. 9:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Nevertheless for thy great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
mercies’
racham (Hebrew #7356)
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
KJV usage: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Pronounce: rakh'-am
Origin: from 7355
sake thou didst
`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
not utterly consume
kalah (Hebrew #3617)
a completion; adverb, completely; also destruction
KJV usage: altogether, (be, utterly) consume(-d), consummation(-ption), was determined, (full, utter) end, riddance.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: from 3615
them, nor forsake
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
them; for thou art a gracious
channuwn (Hebrew #2587)
gracious
KJV usage: gracious.
Pronounce: khan-noon'
Origin: from 2603
and merciful
rachuwm (Hebrew #7349)
compassionate
KJV usage: full of compassion, merciful.
Pronounce: rakh-oom'
Origin: from 7355
God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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for thy great.
Jer. 4:27• 27For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. (Jer. 4:27)
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Jer. 5:10,18• 10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's.
 18Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you. (Jer. 5:10,18)
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Lam. 3:22• 22It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (Lam. 3:22)
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Ezek. 14:22‑23• 22Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
 23And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 14:22‑23)
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Dan. 9:9• 9To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; (Dan. 9:9)
gracious.
Neh. 9:17• 17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)
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Ex. 34:6‑7• 6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)
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2 Kings 13:23• 23And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. (2 Kings 13:23)
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2 Chron. 30:9• 9For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. (2 Chron. 30:9)
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Psa. 103:8‑9• 8The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
 9He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. (Psa. 103:8‑9)
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Psa. 145:8‑9• 8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
 9The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. (Psa. 145:8‑9)
• It is, as before said, the revelation of the heart of God and of the heart of man; but, alas! it is the revelation of the heart of man under divine culture, the object of sovereign mercy and love. Jehovah had been seeking fruit from His fig tree all these centuries; and by His own people's confession He found none; and yet, with unwearying grace, He had borne with them in His infinite long-suffering and patience; and the age to come will tell out even more fully the depths of His mercy toward His beloved people. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 9” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies’ sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful *God.