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Joshua 15

Josh. 15:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the border
gbuwl (Hebrew #1366)
from 1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed
KJV usage: border, bound, coast, X great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
Pronounce: gheb-ool'
Origin: or (shortened) gbul {gheb-ool'}
compassed
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
from Baalah
Ba`alah (Hebrew #1173)
Baalah, the name of three places in Palestine
KJV usage: Baalah.
Pronounce: bah-al-aw'
Origin: the same as 1172
westward
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
unto mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Seir
Se`iyr (Hebrew #8165)
rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
KJV usage: Seir.
Pronounce: say-eer'
Origin: formed like 8163
, and passed
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
along unto the side
katheph (Hebrew #3802)
the shoulder (proper, i.e. upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anything
KJV usage: arm, corner, shoulder(-piece), side, undersetter.
Pronounce: kaw-thafe'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to clothe
of mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Jearim
Y`ariym (Hebrew #3297)
forests; Jearim, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Jearim. Compare 7157.
Pronounce: yeh-aw-reem'
Origin: plural of 3293
, which is Chesalon
Kcalown (Hebrew #3693)
fertile; Kesalon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Chesalon.
Pronounce: kes-aw-lone'
Origin: from 3688
, on the north side
tsaphown (Hebrew #6828)
from 6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
KJV usage: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
Pronounce: tsaw-fone'
Origin: or tsaphon {tsaw-fone'}
, and went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
to Beth-shemesh
Beyth (Hebrew #1053)
house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-shemesh.
Pronounce: Shemesh
Origin: from 1004 and 8121
, and passed on
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
to Timnah
Timnah (Hebrew #8553)
a portion assigned; Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Timnah, Timnath, Thimnathah.
Pronounce: tim-naw'
Origin: from 4487
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Gen. 38:13• 13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Gen. 38:13)
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Judg. 14:1• 1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. (Judg. 14:1)

More on:

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Baalah,
Beth-shemesh,
Chesalon,
Jearim,
Mount Seir,
Mountain Mount,
North,
Timnah

Cross References

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Beth-shemesh.Placed by Eusebius ten miles east from Eleutheropolis, towards Nicopolis.
1 Sam. 6:12‑21• 12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
 13And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
 14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.
 15And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.
 16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
 17And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
 18And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
 19And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
 20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
 21And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. (1 Sam. 6:12‑21)
Timnah.
Josh. 15:57• 57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: (Josh. 15:57)
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Gen. 38:13• 13And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Gen. 38:13)
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Judg. 14:1,5• 1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
 5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. (Judg. 14:1,5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearimb, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "the mountain of Jearim."