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Joshua 10:2

So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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ASV

that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

KJV

That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּֽירְא֣וּvai.yi.re.'Uand they were afraidH3372 →
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עִ֤יר'ir[was] a cityH5892 →
גְּדוֹלָה֙ge.do.LahgreatH1419 →
גִּבְע֔וֹןgiv.'onGibeonH1391 →
כְּאַחַ֖תke.'a.Chatlike one ofH259 →
עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892 →
הַמַּמְלָכָ֑הha.mam.la.Khah<the> royaltyH4467 →
וְכִ֨יve.Khiand forH3588 →
הִ֤יאhi'itH1931 →
גְדוֹלָה֙ge.do.Lah[was] greatH1419 →
מִן־min-more thanH4480 →
הָעַ֔יha.'Ai<the> AiH5857 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
אֲנָשֶׁ֖יהָ'a.na.Shei.hamen itsH582 →
גִּבֹּרִֽים׃gi.bo.Rim[were] warriorsH1368 →

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Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.Joshua 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,Joshua 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”Exodus 15:14–16The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.2 Samuel 2:12One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.Joshua 2:9–13and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.Psalms 48:4–6For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.Deuteronomy 28:10Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Revelation 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.Proverbs 1:26–27in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.Proverbs 10:24What the wicked man dreads will overtake him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.1 Samuel 27:5Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.1 Kings 3:4Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.Joshua 10:41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.Joshua 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Joshua Commands the Sun to Stand Still — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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