KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Judges 11:32 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.”
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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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| “So Jephthah” | יִפְתָּ֛ח | Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine | Jephthah |
| “passed over” | וַיַּֽעֲבֹ֥ר | To cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) | passed |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “the children” | בְּנֵ֥י | 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.) | children |
| “of Ammon” | עַמּ֖וֹן | Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country | Ammon |
| “to fight” | לְהִלָּ֣חֶם | To feed on; by implication, to battle (as destruction) | fight |
| “against them; and the Lord” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | against Lord |
| “delivered” | וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | delivered |
| “them into his hands.” | בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hands |
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30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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