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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Pharaoh
Par`oh (Hebrew #6547)
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
KJV usage: Pharaoh.
Pronounce: par-o'
Origin: of Egyptian derivation
rose up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
in the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
, he, and all his servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
, and all the Egyptians
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
; and there was a great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
cry
tsa`aqah (Hebrew #6818)
a shriek
KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Pronounce: tsah-ak-aw'
Origin: from 6817
k in Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
; for there was not a house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
where there was not one dead
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Ex. 11:6• 6And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. (Ex. 11:6)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Amos 5:17• 17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. (Amos 5:17)
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Matt. 25:6• 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. (Matt. 25:6)
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James 2:13• 13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. (James 2:13)

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Egypt,
Egyptians,
House,
Night,
Pharaoh,
Servant

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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and there was a great cry.No people were more remarkable and frantic in their mournings than the Egyptians.
When a relative died, every one left the house, and the women, with their hair loose, and their bosoms bare, ran wild about the street.
The men also, with their apparel equally disordered, kept them company; all shrieking, howling, and beating themselves.
What a scene of horror and distress must now have presented itself, when there was not a family in Egypt where there was not one dead!
Ex. 11:6• 6And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. (Ex. 11:6)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Amos 5:17• 17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. (Amos 5:17)
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Matt. 25:6• 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. (Matt. 25:6)
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James 2:13• 13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. (James 2:13)
• Pharaoh’s stubborn heart was reached, and for the moment bowed before the manifest judgment of God. (“The Passover Lamb: Exodus 12” by E. Dennett)
• The customs of the country gave an intensity to the woe. Even in our own times a “great cry” arises in parts of Egypt when death enters a house; the wail is taken up by the friends of the bereaved, and the loud lamentations borne upon the still air can be heard afar off: In those old days, on death entering a house the members of the family would rush into the streets, cast dust upon their heads and beat their breasts as they uttered piercing cries. Friends and relations joined the melancholy throng, and added to these were the professional mourners as here portrayed, uttering their shrill screams. (“The Death of the Firstborn and the Passover” by H.F. Witherby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his bondmen, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)