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Hosea 12

Hos. 12:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heg took his brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
by the heel
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
in the womb
beten (Hebrew #990)
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
KJV usage: belly, body, + as they be born, + within, womb.
Pronounce: beh'-ten
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow
, and by his strength
'own (Hebrew #202)
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
KJV usage: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Pronounce: one
Origin: probably from the same as 205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)
he κhad power
sarah (Hebrew #8280)
to prevail
KJV usage: have power (as a prince).
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
with God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. (Gen. 25:26)
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was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
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Gen. 32:24• 24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (Gen. 32:24)
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Gen. 25:26• 26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. (Gen. 25:26)
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Rom. 9:11• 11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) (Rom. 9:11)
had, etc.
Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely.
Gen. 32:24‑28• 24And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:24‑28)
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James 5:16‑18• 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
 17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
 18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. (James 5:16‑18)
• {v.3-6} How many a soul has been brought back to God by reminding it of joys once tasted, though long, long forgotten! (“Hosea 12” by W. Kelly)
• From the first Jacob did that which indicated the supplanting of his brother on the one hand, before it could be set down to developed character. (“Hosea 12” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.