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Ruth 1

Ruth 1:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they lifted 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'}
their voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
, and wept again
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and Orpah
`Orpah (Hebrew #6204)
mane; Orpah, a Moabites
KJV usage: Orpah.
Pronounce: or-paw'
Origin: feminine of 6203
kissed
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
her mother in law
chamowth (Hebrew #2545)
feminine of 2524; a mother-in-law
KJV usage: mother in law.
Pronounce: kham-oth'
Origin: or (shortened) chamoth {kham-oth'}
; but Ruth
Ruwth (Hebrew #7327)
friend; Ruth, a Moabitess
KJV usage: Ruth.
Pronounce: rooth
Origin: probably for 7468
clave
dabaq (Hebrew #1692)
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Pronounce: daw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
t unto her.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Orpah.
but Ruth.The LXX. add, [kai epestrepsen eis ton laon autes,] "and returned to her own people."
The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic are to the same purpose.
It seems a very natural addition, and agrees with the assertion in the next verse; and is accordingly adopted by Houbigant as a part of the text.
Deut. 4:4• 4but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day. (Deut. 4:4)
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Deut. 10:20• 20Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. (Deut. 10:20)
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Prov. 17:17• 17The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Prov. 17:17)
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)
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Isa. 14:1• 1For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob. (Isa. 14:1)
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Zech. 8:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days shall ten men take hold, out of all languages of the nations, shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. (Zech. 8:23)
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Matt. 16:24• 24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Matt. 16:24)
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John 6:66‑69• 66From that time many of his disciples went away back and walked no more with him.
67Jesus therefore said to the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;
69and we have believed and known that thou art the holy one of God.
(John 6:66‑69)
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Acts 17:34• 34But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them. (Acts 17:34)
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Heb. 10:39• 39But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul. (Heb. 10:39)
 If Orpah shows us the failings of nature, Ruth certainly the power of grace. (Ruth 1 by W. Kelly)
 it is possible to have a very amiable character without having faith. Faith makes a gulf between these two women who are so similar in so many ways. Confronted with impossibilities, the natural heart draws back, whereas faith is nourished on impossibilities and so increases in strength. (Ruth 1 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.