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Judges 11:23

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So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
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Judges 11:23

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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COMBINED MEANING

dispossessed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dispossess, meaning to deprive of possession or drive out from an occupied place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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thou

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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

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22And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

23So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

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24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

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