Joshua 10:16

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And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.	But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.	And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But these five^H2568 kings^H4428 fled^H5127, and hid^H2244 themselves in a cave^H4631 at Makkedah^H4719.

Original Hebrew

וַיָּנֻסוּ חֲמֵשֶׁת הַמְּלָכִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיֵּחָבְאוּ בַמְּעָרָה בְּמַקֵּדָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּנֻ֕סוּ	va/i.ya.Nu.su	H5127	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they fled
חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת	cha.Me.shet	H2568	HAcmsc	(the) five
הַ/מְּלָכִ֣ים	ha./me.la.Khim	H4428	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ kings
הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה	ha./'E.leh	H428	HTd/Pdxcp	(the)/ these
וַ/יֵּחָבְא֥וּ	va/i.ye.cha.ve.'U	H2244	HC/VNw3mp	and/ they hid themselves
בַ/מְּעָרָ֖ה	va./me.'a.Rah	H4631	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ cave
בְּ/מַקֵּדָֽה	be./ma.ke.Dah	H4719	HR/Np	at/ Makkedah

Strong's References

H2244 — חָבָא (châbâʼ, khaw-baw'): a primitive root (compare חָבַב (châbab) H2245); to secrete; [idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.
H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה (chămishshâh); a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
H4631 — מְעָרָה (mᵉʻârâh, meh-aw-raw'): from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5783; a cavern (as dark); cave, den, hole.
H4719 — מַקֵּדָה (Maqqêdâh, mak-kay-daw'): from the same as נָקֹד (nâqôd) H5348 in the denominative sense of herding (compare נֹקֵד (nôqêd) H5349); fold; Makkedah, a place in Palestine; Makkedah.
H5127 — נוּס (nûwç, noos): a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.

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

H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל (ʼêl) H411; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

and hid — Psalms 48:4-6, Psalms 139:7-10, Isaiah 2:10-12, Amos 9:2, Revelation 6:15
in a cave — Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 13:6, 1 Samuel 24:3, 1 Samuel 24:8, Isaiah 2:19-22, Isaiah 24:21-22, Micah 7:17

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: CAVES
Torrey’s: CAVES; JERUSALEM
Nave’s: ADONI-ZEDEK; AMORITES; CAPTIVE; CAVE; COWARDICE; DEBIR; HEBRON; JERUSALEM; MAKKEDAH; PIRAM; PRISONERS; WAR

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