Bible Verse Dictionary
Joshua 24:16 - Whom
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
answered | H6030 | עָנָה |
[Verb] properly to eye or (generally) to {heed} that {is} pay attention; by implication to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to {sing} shout: {testify} announce |
and said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
God forbid | H2486 | חָלִילָה |
[Interjection] literally for a profaned thing; used (interjectionally) far be it ! |
that we should forsake | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
to serve | H5647 | עָבַד |
[Verb] to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc. |
other | H312 | אַחֵר |
[Adjective] properly hinder; generally {next} {other } etc. |
gods | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.