Beth-horon = "house of hollowness"

1. two towns in Ephraim

   1. Upper Beth-horon - town on the mountains of Ephraim

   2. Lower Beth-horon - town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Gibeon = "hill city"

1. a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern 'el-Jib', which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem

great

1. large (in magnitude and extent)

2. in number

3. in intensity

4. loud (in sound)

5. older (in age)

6. in importance

   1. important things

   2. great, distinguished (of men)

   3. God Himself (of God)

      substantive

7. great things

8. haughty things

9. greatness

   proper masculine noun

way, road, distance, journey, manner

1. road, way, path

2. journey

3. direction

4. manner, habit, way

5. of course of life (fig.)

6. of moral character (fig.)

to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex

1. (Qal)

   1. to move noisily

   2. to confuse, discomfit, vex

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

blow, wound, slaughter

1. blow, stripe

2. beating, scourging

3. wound

4. slaughter

5. defeat, conquest

6. plague

ascent, incline

what comes up, thoughts

step, stair

1. step, stair

2. steps (of sundial)

3. stories (of heaven)

4. ascent

5. song of ascent

   1. to the three great pilgrim feasts (Psalm titles)

Makkedah = "place of shepherds"

1. the location of a cave in Judah where Joshua captured and executed five Canaanite kings during the conquest; located near Bethhoron and Libnah

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten

2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust

   2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)

   3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage

   4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy

4. (Hophal) to be smitten

   1. to receive a blow

   2. to be wounded

   3. to be beaten

   4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain

   5. to be attacked and captured

   6. to be smitten (with disease)

   7. to be blighted (of plants)

as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as

1. of space

   1. as far as, up to, even to

2. in combination

   1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' - from)

3. of time

   1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end

4. of degree

   1. even to, to the degree of, even like

      conjunction

until, while, to the point that, so that even

Azekah = "dug over"

1. a town in the lowlands of Judah

face

1. face, faces

2. presence, person

3. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

4. face (of animals)

5. face, surface (of ground)

6. as adv of loc/temp

   1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

7. with prep

   1. in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after

1. (Qal)

   1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon

   2. to persecute, harass (fig)

   3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig)

   4. to run after (a bribe) (fig)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be pursued

   2. one pursued (participle)

3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue

4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away

5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase