Amorite = "a sayer"

1. one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt

Arnon = "rushing stream"

1. a river and surrounding valley in south Palestine, forms the border between Moab and the Amorites

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

border, territory

1. border

2. territory (enclosed within boundary)

3. region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

3. the people of the region

   proper masculine noun

4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5. father of Jephthah

6. a Gadite

half

1. half

2. middle

Heshbon = "stronghold"

1. the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Jabbok = "emptying"

1. a stream which intersects the mountain range of Gilead, and falls into the Jordan on the east about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1. (Qal)

   1. to sit, sit down

   2. to be set

   3. to remain, stay

   4. to dwell, have one's abode

2. (Niphal) to be inhabited

3. (Piel) to set, place

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to sit

   2. to cause to abide, set

   3. to cause to dwell

   4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited

   5. to marry (give an dwelling to)

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be inhabited

   2. to make to dwell

king

to rule, have dominion, reign

1. (Qal) to rule, have dominion

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to rule

   2. to exercise dominion

torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley

1. torrent

2. torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed)

3. shaft (of mine)

palm-tree

1. meaning dubious

Sihon = "warrior"

1. king of the Amorites at the time of the conquest and defeated by Moses in Transjordan

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

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Ammon = "tribal"

1. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi

Aroer = "ruins"

1. a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

2. a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad

3. a town in southern Judah

lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding

1. lip (as body part)

2. language

3. edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

midst, middle

1. midst, middle

2. into, through (after verbs of motion)

3. among (of a number of persons)

4. between (of things arranged by twos)

5. from among (as to take or separate etc)