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Psalm 81

Psa. 81:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There shall no strange
zuwr (Hebrew #2114)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
KJV usage: (come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-)strange(-r, thing, woman).
Pronounce: zoor
Origin: a primitive root
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
be in thee; neither shalt thou worship
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
any strange
nekar (Hebrew #5236)
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
KJV usage: alien, strange (+ -er).
Pronounce: nay-kawr'
Origin: ' from 5234
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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Gods; Goddess,
Worship

Cross References

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Ex. 20:3‑5• 3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
 4Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
 5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; (Ex. 20:3‑5)
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1 Cor. 8:5‑6• 5For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
 6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:5‑6)
strange.
Deut. 6:14• 14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (Deut. 6:14)
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Deut. 32:12• 12So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. (Deut. 32:12)
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Isa. 43:12• 12I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. (Isa. 43:12)
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Mal. 2:11• 11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. (Mal. 2:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There shall no strange *god be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any foreign *god.