KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “They feared” | הָי֣וּ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | feared |
| “the Lord,” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “and served” | עֹֽבְדִ֔ים | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | served |
| “their own gods,” | אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ | 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 | own gods |
| “after the manner” | כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | manner |
| “of the nations” | הַגּוֹיִ֔ם | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | nations |
| “whom” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | whom |
| “they carried away” | הִגְל֥וּ | To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal | carried away |
| “from thence.” | מִשָּֽׁם׃ | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | thence |
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31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 So they feared the Lord, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
33 They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
35 With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
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