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Judg. 9:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when they told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
it to Jotham
Yowtham (Hebrew #3147)
Jehovah (is) perfect; Jotham, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Jotham.
Pronounce: yo-thawm'
Origin: from 3068 and 8535
, he went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and 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
in the top
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
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
Gerizim
Griziym (Hebrew #1630)
Gerizim, a mountain of Palestine
KJV usage: Gerizim.
Pronounce: gher-ee-zeem'
Origin: plural of an unused noun from 1629 (compare 1511), cut up (i.e. rocky)
l, and lifted up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
his voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
, and cried
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, ye men
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
of Shechem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
, that 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
may hearken
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto you.
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Josh. 8:33• 33And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before, {i}that they should bless the people of Israel{/i}. (Josh. 8:33)
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John 4:20• 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship. (John 4:20)

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God,
Jotham,
Man,
Mount Ebal,
Mountain Mount,
Shechem

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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mount Gerizim.
Deut. 11:29• 29{i}And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou enterest in to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.{/i} (Deut. 11:29)
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Deut. 27:12• 12These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: (Deut. 27:12)
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Josh. 8:33• 33And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before, {i}that they should bless the people of Israel{/i}. (Josh. 8:33)
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John 4:20• 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship. (John 4:20)
Hearken.
Psa. 18:40‑41• 40And mine enemies, thou turnest their back to me;{HR}And my haters—I will destroy them.
 41They cry for help, but there is no deliverer—{HR}Unto Jehovah, but be answereth them not. (Psa. 18:40‑41)
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Psa. 50:15‑21• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
 16And to the wicked God saith,{HR}What [is it] to thee , to declare my statutes,{HR}And take my covenant into thy mouth?
 17And thou hast hated correction,{HR}And hast cast my words behind thee.
 18If thou sawest a thief,{HR}Thou didst take pleasure in him ,{HR}And with adulterers [was] thy portion.
 19Thy mouth thou hast sent out (let loose) to evil,{HR}And thy tongue frameth deceit.
 20Thou sittest, thou speakest against thy brother;{HR}Against thy mother's son thou utterest slander.
 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes. (Psa. 50:15‑21)
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Prov. 1:28‑29• 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me.
 29Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah; (Prov. 1:28‑29)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,{HR}He also shall cry, and not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Prov. 28:9• 9{i}He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,{HR}Even his prayer is an abomination.{/i} (Prov. 28:9)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
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Isa. 58:6‑10• 6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
 7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
 8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward.
 9Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and the speaking vanity;
 10and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday: (Isa. 58:6‑10)
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Matt. 18:26‑34• 26The bondman then falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay all.
 27And the lord of the bondman, moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.
 28But that bondman, on going out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii, and having laid hold he was grasping his throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.
 29His fellow-bondman then, falling at his feet, besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.
 30And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay what was owing.
 31But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what was being done, were greatly grieved, and went and fully explained to their lord all that was done.
 32Then his lord, having summoned him, saith to him, Wicked bondman, all that debt I forgave thee, since thou didst beseech me:
 33oughtedst not thou also to have pitied thy fellow-bondman, as I also pitied thee?
 34And his lord, in wrath, delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was owing to him. (Matt. 18:26‑34)
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James 2:13• 13for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment. (James 2:13)
• Moses, in the past, had decreed that six tribes should stand on Mount Ebal to curse, and six on Gerizim to bless. Joshua had remembered this when the people entered Canaan, but since then Israel had morally chosen Ebal, the place of cursing. Jotham chose Gerizim, the place of blessing, and he stood there alone. (“Fresh Declension and Fresh Revivals: Abimelech, or the Usurpation of Authority: Judges 9” by H.L. Rossier)
• Jotham is, in his own person, the representative of the blessings of the true Israel of God; as to himself, feeble and persecuted, yet able to enjoy the favor of God and testify for Him, bearing fruit to His glory. (“Fresh Declension and Fresh Revivals: Abimelech, or the Usurpation of Authority: Judges 9” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they told it to Jotham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye citizens of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)