NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And the menba`al (bah'-al) a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) + married, master, person, + sworn, they of. of Shechem Shkem (shek-em') ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem. set suwm (soom) to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work. liers in wait 'arab (aw-rab') to lurk -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait. for him in the top ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) of the mountains har (har) a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion. and they robbed gazal (gaw-zal') to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear. all that came `abar (aw-bar') to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) along that way derek (deh'-rek) a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb by them and it was told nagad (naw-gad') 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 Abimelech 'Abiymelek (ab-ee-mel'-ek) father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech. King James Bible And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Holman Christian Standard Bible The lords of Shechem rebelled against him by putting people on the tops of the mountains to ambush and rob everyone who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech. International Standard Version The "lords" of Shechem sent out men to ambush him on the mountain tops, and they robbed everyone who came by them along the roads, and this was reported to Abimelech. NET Bible The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. GOD'S WORD® Translation So citizens of Shechem set ambushes for Abimelech on top of the mountains. They also robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. This was reported to Abimelech. King James 2000 Bible And the men of Shechem set men in ambush for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. Links Judges 9:25Judges 9:25 NIV Judges 9:25 NLT Judges 9:25 ESV Judges 9:25 NASB Judges 9:25 KJV |