Deuteronomy 20:12
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.
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Deuteronomy 20:12
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To surround a city, place, or people with hostile forces, cutting off escape or relief in order to take or subdue them.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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11And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
11And it shall be, if it make thee answere of peace, and open vnto thee, then it shalbe that all the people that is found therein, shall be tributaries vnto thee, and they shall serue thee.
12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make warre against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.
Selected passage13And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
13And when the LORD thy God hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite euery male thereof with the edge of the sword.