KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 11:1–2
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Judges 11:1
1NOW Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
1¶ Now *Iephthah the Gileadite was a mightie man of valour, and he was the sonne of †an harlot: and Gilead begate Iephthah.
- Hebr. woman, an harlot.
- Hebr. 11.32. called Iephte.
Judges 11:2
2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
2And Gileads wife bare him sonnes, and his wiues sonnes grew vp, and they thrust out Iephthah, and said vnto him, Thou shalt not inherite in our fathers house, for thou art the son of a strange woman.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 11:1
Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Force, courage, or strength.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Fathered or became the parent of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Judges 11:2
Uncovered or naked; also carried, endured, or produced, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive, possess, or enjoy as an heir, allotment, gift, or lasting possession.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study32And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
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Open the full verse study12And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
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Open the full verse study1NOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
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Open the full verse study16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Open the full verse study30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
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Open the full verse study20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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Open the full verse study3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Open the full verse study24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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