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Obad. 20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the captivity
galuwth (Hebrew #1546)
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
KJV usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).
Pronounce: gaw-looth'
Origin: feminine from 1540
of this host
cheyl (Hebrew #2426)
a collateral form of 2428; an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
KJV usage: army, bulwark, host, + poor, rampart, trench, wall.
Pronounce: khale
Origin: or (shortened) chel {khale}
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
shall possess that of the Canaanites
Kna`aniy (Hebrew #3669)
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
KJV usage: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
Pronounce: ken-ah-an-ee'
Origin: patrial from 3667
, even unto Zarephath
Tsarphath (Hebrew #6886)
refinement; Tsarephath, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Zarephath.
Pronounce: tsaq-ref-ath'
Origin: from 6884
; and the captivity
galuwth (Hebrew #1546)
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
KJV usage: (they that are carried away) captives(-ity).
Pronounce: gaw-looth'
Origin: feminine from 1540
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
, ρwhich is in Sepharad
Cpharad (Hebrew #5614)
Sepharad, a region of Assyria
KJV usage: Sepharad.
Pronounce: sef-aw-rawd'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, shall possess
yarash (Hebrew #3423)
a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) + magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, X utterly.
Pronounce: yaw-rash'
Origin: or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}
the cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
p of the south
negeb (Hebrew #5045)
the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
KJV usage: south (country, side, -ward).
Pronounce: neh'-gheb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be parched
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or, shall possess that which, is in Sepharad.
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Jer. 32:44• 44Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 32:44)

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Captivity,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Sepharad,
South,
The Canaanites,
Zarephath

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the captivity of this.
Jer. 3:18• 18In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel; and they shall come together out of the land of the north, to the land which I caused your fathers to inherit. (Jer. 3:18)
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Jer. 33:26• 26then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so as not to take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will turn their captivity, and will have mercy on them. (Jer. 33:26)
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Ezek. 34:12‑13• 12As a shepherd tendeth his flock in the day that he is among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
 13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses, and in all the habitable places of the country. (Ezek. 34:12‑13)
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Hos. 1:10‑11• 10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living *God.
 11And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up out of the land: for great is the day of Jizreel. (Hos. 1:10‑11)
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Amos 9:14‑15• 14And I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; and they shall make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
 15And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, saith Jehovah thy God. (Amos 9:14‑15)
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Zech. 10:6‑10• 6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back again; for I will have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.
 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine; and their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be joyful in Jehovah.
 8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.
 9And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.
 10And I will bring them again out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. (Zech. 10:6‑10)
Zarephath.
1 Kings 17:9‑10• 9Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.
 10And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. (1 Kings 17:9‑10)
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Luke 4:26• 26and to none of them was Elias sent but to Sarepta of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow. (Luke 4:26)
Sarepta.
which is in Sepharad, shall possess.
or, shallpossess that which is in Sepharad, they shall possess.
Jer. 13:19• 19The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them; all Judah is carried away captive: it is wholly carried away captive. (Jer. 13:19)
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Jer. 32:44• 44Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the writings, and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 32:44)
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Jer. 33:13• 13In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the environs of Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that counteth them, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 33:13)
• Sepharad [Sardis, the metropolis of the Lydian kingdom]. (“Obadiah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the captivesg of this host of the children of Israel shall possess what belonged to the Canaanites, unto Zarephath; and the captivesg of Jerusalem, who were in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "captivity."