Judges 12
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
2And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
3And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
5And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
6Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
7And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
10Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem.
11And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
12And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
13And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
14And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
15And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85313× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בֵּןbênH112110× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5599× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayimH6699× in this chapter
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34787× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- שָׁפַטshâphaṭH81997× in this chapter
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
- גִּלְעָדGilʻâdH15686× in this chapter
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
- יִפְתָּחYiphtâchH33165× in this chapter
Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
- בֵּית לֶחֶםBêyth LechemH10354× in this chapter
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
- הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מוּתmûwthH41914× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- עָבַרʻâbarH56744× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- קָבַרqâbarH69124× in this chapter
to inter
- שְׁלוֹשִׁיםshᵉlôwshîymH79704× in this chapter
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81414× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לָחַםlâchamH38983× in this chapter
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshH5823× in this chapter
a man in general (singly or collectively)
- עַמּוֹןʻAmmôwnH59833× in this chapter
Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
- בַּתbathH13232× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- הִלֵּלHillêlH19852× in this chapter
Hillel, an Israelite
- זְבוּלֹנִיZᵉbûwlônîyH20752× in this chapter
a Zebulonite or descendant of Zebulun
- חוּץchûwtsH23512× in this chapter
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יַרְדֵּןYardênH33832× in this chapter
Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- אֵילוֹןʼÊylôwnH3562× in this chapter
Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- מַעֲבָרmaʻăbârH45692× in this chapter
a crossing-place (of a river, a ford; of a mountain, a pass); abstractly, a transit, i.e. (figuratively) overwhelming
- עַבְדוֹןʻAbdôwnH56582× in this chapter
Abdon, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- פָּלִיטpâlîyṭH64122× in this chapter
a refugee
- פִּרְעָתוֹנִיPirʻâthôwnîyH65532× in this chapter
a Pirathonite or inhabitant of Pirathon
- אַרְבָּעִיםʼarbâʻîymH7052× in this chapter
forty
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אִבְצָןʼIbtsânH782× in this chapter
Ibtsan, an Israelite
- תָּוֶךְtâvekH84322× in this chapter
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre