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Josh. 3:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That the waters
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
which came 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'
from above
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
stood
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
and 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
x upon an
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
heap
ned (Hebrew #5067)
a mound, i.e. wave
KJV usage: heap.
Pronounce: nade
Origin: from 5110 in the sense of piling up
very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from the city
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
Adam
'Adam (Hebrew #121)
Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Adam.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: the same as 120
, that is beside
tsad (Hebrew #6654)
a side; figuratively, an adversary
KJV usage: (be-)side.
Pronounce: tsad
Origin: contr. from an unused root meaning to sidle off
Zaretan
Tsarthan (Hebrew #6891)
Tsarethan, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Zarthan.
Pronounce: tsaw-reth-awn'
Origin: perhaps for 6868
y: and those that came 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'
toward thez sea
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
of the plain
`arabah (Hebrew #6160)
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
KJV usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also 1026.
Pronounce: ar-aw-baw'
Origin: from 6150 (in the sense of sterility)
, even the salt
melach (Hebrew #4417)
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved
KJV usage: salt((-pit)).
Pronounce: meh'-lakh
Origin: from 4414
sea
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
, failed
tamam (Hebrew #8552)
to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, be clean (pass-)ed, consume, have done, (come to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
Pronounce: taw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root
, and were cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
: and the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
passed over
`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
right against Jericho
Yriychow (Hebrew #3405)
or variation (1 Kings 16:34) Yriychoh {yer-ee-kho'}; perhaps from 3394; its month; or else from 7306; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Jericho.
Pronounce: yer-ee-kho'
Origin: or Yrechow {yer-ay-kho'}
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Psa. 114:3• 3The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back; (Psa. 114:3)
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1 Kings 4:12• 12Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam. (1 Kings 4:12)
Zartanah;
1 Kings 7:46• 46In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan. (1 Kings 7:46)
Zarthan
z
Deut. 3:17• 17the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. (Deut. 3:17)

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Adam,
Jericho,
Lakes,
Plain,
Salt Sea,
Sea,
Zaretan; Zarthan

Cross References

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rose up.
Josh. 3:13• 13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap. (Josh. 3:13)
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Psa. 29:10• 10Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever. (Psa. 29:10)
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Psa. 77:19• 19Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths are in the great waters; and thy footsteps are not known. (Psa. 77:19)
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Psa. 114:3• 3The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back; (Psa. 114:3)
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Matt. 8:26‑27• 26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
 27But the men were astonished, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him? (Matt. 8:26‑27)
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Matt. 14:24‑33• 24but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
 25But in the fourth watch of the night he went off to them, walking on the sea.
 26And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying, It is an apparition. And they cried out through fear.
 27But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Take courage; it is *I*: be not afraid.
 28And Peter answering him said, Lord, if it be *thou*, command me to come to thee upon the waters.
 29And he said, Come. And Peter, having descended from the ship, walked upon the waters to go to Jesus.
 30But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
 31And immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught hold of him, and says to him, O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
 32And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind fell.
 33But those in the ship came and did homage to him, saying, Truly thou art God's Son. (Matt. 14:24‑33)
Zaretan.
1 Kings 4:12• 12Baana the son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zaretan beneath Jizreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-Meholah, as far as beyond Jokneam. (1 Kings 4:12)
Zartanah.
1 Kings 7:46• 46In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan. (1 Kings 7:46)
Zarthan.
the salt sea.
Josh. 15:2• 2And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward; (Josh. 15:2)
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Gen. 14:3• 3All these were joined in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. (Gen. 14:3)
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Num. 34:3• 3Then your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the end of the salt sea eastward; (Num. 34:3)
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Deut. 3:17• 17the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward. (Deut. 3:17)
The passage through the Red Sea took place in the night, when the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians with great trepidation:
but they passed Jordan in the day-time, with previous warning, leisurely, directly opposite to Jericho, and with a triumphant defiance of the Canaanites; this passage into the promised land evidently typifying the believer's passage through death to heaven.

J. N. Darby Translation

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the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plainb, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho.

JND Translation Notes

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b
The Arabah. see chs. 11.2,16; 12.1,3; 18.18; Deut. 1.1. Meaning strictly "dry-[land]," but applied to the narrow strip of land in the Jordan valley on both sides of the river below the lake of Gennesaret. In ch. 4.13 it seems to mean the parts of the Arabah about Jericho.