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“And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.”
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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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| “And the company” | קָהָ֔ל | Assemblage (usually concretely) | company |
| “shall stone” | וְרָגְמ֨וּ | To cast together (stones), i.e., to lapidate | stone |
| “them with stones,” | אֶ֙בֶן֙ | A stone | stones |
| “and dispatch” | וּבָרֵ֥א | (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes) | dispatch |
| “them with their swords;” | בְּחַרְבוֹתָ֑ם | Drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement | swords |
| “they shall slay” | יַהֲרֹ֔גוּ | To smite with deadly intent | slay |
| “their sons” | בְּנֵיהֶ֤ם | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | sons |
| “and their daughters,” | וּבְנֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughters |
| “and burn up” | יִשְׂרֹֽפוּ׃ | To be (causatively, set) on fire | burn up |
| “their houses” | וּבָתֵּיהֶ֖ן | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | houses |
| “with fire.” | בָּאֵ֥שׁ | Fire (literally or figuratively) | fire |
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45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
46 For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
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