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Psalms 78:51

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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
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  1. Psalms 105:23Rank 1 from verse 51
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    23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

  2. Psalms 106:22Rank 2 from verse 51
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    22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

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    8Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.

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    36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

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    10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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Psalms 78:51

COMBINED MEANING

smote

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1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

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Ham

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Sense 1: Ham, a son of Noah and an ancestor named in the genealogies. Sense 2: The land of Ham.

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50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

51And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

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52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

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