Deuteronomy 10:16

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Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.	Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.	For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Circumcise^H4135 therefore the foreskin^H6190 of your heart^H3824, and be no more stiffnecked^{H6203 H7185}.

Original Hebrew

וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם וְעָרְפְּכֶם לֹא תַקְשׁוּ עֹוד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/מַלְתֶּ֕ם	u./mal.Tem	H4135	HC/Vqq2mp	and/ you will circumcise
אֵ֖ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עָרְלַ֣ת	'a.re.Lat	H6190	HNcfsc	(the) foreskin of
לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם	le.vav./Khem	H3824	HNcmsc/Sp2mp	heart/ your
וְ/עָ֨רְפְּ/כֶ֔ם	ve./'A.re.pe./Khem	H6203	HC/Ncmsc/Sp2mp	and/ neck/ your
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תַקְשׁ֖וּ	tak.Shu	H7185	HVhi2mp	you will make stiff
עֽוֹד	od	H5750	HD	again

Strong's References

H3824 — לֵבָב (lêbâb, lay-bawb'): from לָבַב (lâbab) H3823; used also like לֵב (lêb) H3820; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
H4135 — מוּל (mûwl, mool): a primitive root; to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy; circumcise(-ing), selves), cut down (in pieces), destroy, [idiom] must needs.
H6190 — עׇרְלָה (ʻorlâh, or-law'): feminine of עָרֵל (ʻârêl) H6189; the prepuce; foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.
H6203 — עֹרֶף (ʻôreph, o-ref'): from עָרַף (ʻâraph) H6202; the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative); back ((stiff-) neck((-ed).
H7185 — קָשָׁה (qâshâh, kaw-shaw'): a primitive root; properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications); be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד (ʻôd); from עוּד (ʻûwd) H5749; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Circumcise — Leviticus 26:41, Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 4:14, Romans 2:28-29, Colossians 2:11
stiffnecked — Deuteronomy 9:6, Deuteronomy 9:13, Deuteronomy 31:27, James 4:6-7

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