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Habakkuk 3

Hab. 3:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
was made quite
`eryah (Hebrew #6181)
nudity
KJV usage: bare, naked, X quite.
Pronounce: er-yaw'
Origin: for 6172
naked
`uwr (Hebrew #5783)
to (be) bare
KJV usage: be made naked.
Pronounce: oor
Origin: a primitive root
, according to the oaths
shbuw`ah (Hebrew #7621)
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
KJV usage: curse, oath, X sworn.
Pronounce: sheb-oo-aw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 7650
of the tribes
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
, even thy word
'omer (Hebrew #562)
the same as 561
KJV usage: promise, speech, thing, word.
Pronounce: o'-mer
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
. Thou didst cleave
baqa` (Hebrew #1234)
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
νthe earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
with rivers
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
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the rivers of the earth.

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according.
Gen. 15:18‑21• 18On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
19the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
21and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
(Gen. 15:18‑21)
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Gen. 17:7‑8• 7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.
(Gen. 17:7‑8)
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Gen. 22:16‑18• 16and said, By myself I swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,
17I will richly bless thee, and greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
(Gen. 22:16‑18)
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Gen. 26:3‑4• 3Sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee and bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries; and I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father.
4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and unto thy seed will I give all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth bless themselves--
(Gen. 26:3‑4)
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Gen. 28:13‑14• 13And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
(Gen. 28:13‑14)
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Psa. 105:8‑11• 8He is ever mindful of his covenant,--the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,--
9Which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
10And he confirmed it unto Jacob for a statute, unto Israel for an everlasting covenant,
11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
(Psa. 105:8‑11)
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Luke 1:72‑75• 72to fulfil mercy with our fathers and remember his holy covenant,
73the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,
74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
75in piety and righteousness before him all our days.
(Luke 1:72‑75)
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Heb. 6:13‑18• 13For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,
14saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee;
15and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.
16For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.
17Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,
18that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,
(Heb. 6:13‑18)
Selah.
Thou.
the earth with rivers.
or, the rivers of the earth.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy bow was made naked, The rods of discipline sworn according to thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.