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Joshua 2

Josh. 2:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then she leth them 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'
by a cord
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
through
b`ad (Hebrew #1157)
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
KJV usage: about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.
Pronounce: beh-ad'
Origin: from 5704 with prepositional prefix
the window
challown (Hebrew #2474)
a window (as perforated)
KJV usage: window.
Pronounce: khal-lone'
: for her 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
was upon the town
qiyr (Hebrew #7023)
or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from 6979; a wall (as built in a trench)
KJV usage: + mason, side, town, X very, wall.
Pronounce: keer
Origin: or qir (Isa. 22:5) {keer}
wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
, and she dwelt
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
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Acts 9:25• 25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. (Acts 9:25)

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Cross References

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she let them.
1 Sam. 19:12‑17• 12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
 13And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
 14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
 15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
 16And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
 17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? (1 Sam. 19:12‑17)
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Acts 9:25• 25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. (Acts 9:25)
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2 Cor. 11:33• 33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Cor. 11:33)
for her house.
Josh. 6:20• 20So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (Josh. 6:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.