Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it †IEHOUAH Nissi.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Translator clarificationThat is, The LORD my banner.
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Exodus 17:15
Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.
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The name JEHOVAH, belonging to the most High alone and used also in the memorial names Jehovah-jireh, Jehovah-nissi, and Jehovah-shalom.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
14And the LORD said vnto Moses, Write this for a memoriall in a booke, and rehearse it in the eares of Ioshua: for *I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.
15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
15And Moses built an Altar, and called the name of it †IEHOUAH Nissi.
Selected passage16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
16For he said, ‖Because the LORD hath sworne that the LORD will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.