Bible Verse Dictionary
Joshua 24:1 - Shechem
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Joshua | H3091 | יְהוֹשׁוּעַ |
Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (that {is} {Joshua}) the Jewish leader |
gathered | H622 | אָסַף |
[Verb] to gather for any purpose; hence to {receive} take {away} that {is} remove ({destroy} leave {behind} put {up} {restore} etc.) |
all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
the tribes | H7626 | שֵׁבֶט |
[Noun Masculine] a {scion} that {is} (literally) a stick (for {punishing} {writing} {fighting} {ruling} {walking} etc.) or (figuratively) a clan |
of Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
to Shechem | H7927 | שְׁכֶם |
ridge; {Shekem} a place in Palestine |
and called | H7121 | קָרָא |
[Verb] to call out to (that {is} properly address by {name} but used in a wide variety of applications) |
for the elders | H2205 | זָקֵן |
[Adjective] old |
of Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
and for their heads | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
and for their judges | H8199 | שָׁפַט |
[Verb] to {judge} that {is} pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively) |
and for their officers | H7860 | שֹׁטֵר |
[Masculine] properly a {scribe} that {is} (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate |
and they presented themselves | H3320 | יָצַב |
[Verb] to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively to {station} {offer } continue |
before | H6440 | פָּנִים |
[Noun Masculine] from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ({before } etc.) |
God | 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.