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Numbers 24

Num. 24:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when he looked
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
on Amalek
`Amaleq (Hebrew #6002)
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Amalek.
Pronounce: am-aw-lake'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
, he took up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
his parable
mashal (Hebrew #4912)
properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)
KJV usage: byword, like, parable, proverb.
Pronounce: maw-shawl'
Origin: apparently from 4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action
, and 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
, Amalek
`Amaleq (Hebrew #6002)
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Amalek.
Pronounce: am-aw-lake'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
was the first
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
of θthe nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
; but his latter
'achariyth (Hebrew #319)
the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity
KJV usage: (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
Pronounce: akh-ar-eeth'
Origin: from 310
end shall be λthat he perish
'obed (Hebrew #8)
(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destructin
KJV usage: perish.
Pronounce: o-bade'
Origin: active of participle of 6
for ever
`ad (Hebrew #5703)
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
KJV usage: eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: from 5710
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or, the nations that warred against Israel,
Ex. 17:8,16• 8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Ex. 17:8,16)
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or, even to destruction,
Ex. 17:14• 14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. (Ex. 17:14)
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1 Sam. 15:3• 3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. (1 Sam. 15:3)
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the first of the nations.
or, the first of the nations thatwarred against Israel.
Ex. 17:8,16• 8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Ex. 17:8,16)
his latter end.
Judg. 6:3• 3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; (Judg. 6:3)
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1 Sam. 14:48• 48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (1 Sam. 14:48)
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1 Sam. 15:3‑8• 3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
 4And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
 5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
 6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
 7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 15:3‑8)
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1 Sam. 27:8‑9• 8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
 9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. (1 Sam. 27:8‑9)
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1 Sam. 30:1,17• 1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
 17And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. (1 Sam. 30:1,17)
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1 Chron. 4:43• 43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. (1 Chron. 4:43)
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Esther 3:1• 1After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. (Esther 3:1)
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Esther 7:9‑10• 9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. (Esther 7:9‑10)
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Esther 9:14• 14And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. (Esther 9:14)
shall be that he perish for ever.
or, shall be even todestruction.
Ex. 17:14• 14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. (Ex. 17:14)
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1 Sam. 15:3,8• 3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 15:3,8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.