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Nehemiah 9:24
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Nehemiah 9:24
24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
24So the children went in, and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the lande, the Canaanites, and gauest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might doe with them, †as they would.
- Heb. according to their will.
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DEFINED WORDS
Nehemiah 9:24
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Owned or held; also controlled or afflicted by an unclean spirit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
inhabitants
People who dwell or reside in a place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study43¶ And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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Open the full verse study23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
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Open the full verse study1AND the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
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Open the full verse study2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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Open the full verse study18Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
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Open the full verse study26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
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Open the full verse study45There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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Open the full verse study31But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
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