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Lexicon :: Strong's H4714 - miṣrayim

Aa
מִצְרַיִם
Transliteration
miṣrayim
Pronunciation
mits-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1235

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x

The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x
The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).
proper locative noun

  1. Egypt = "land of the Copts"

    1. a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

      adjective

  2. Egyptians = "double straits"

    1. the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
STRONGS H4714: Abbreviations
מִצְרַ֫יִם 681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mǔṣŭr(u), Muṣru, Miṣir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Mišrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll. c.; Arabic bdb059503 Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miṣru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; Greek Version of the LXX Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miṣrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — מ׳ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 + 12 times, מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 + 14 times; —
1.
a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 + 500 times, +, in all periods, including אֶרֶץ מ׳ Genesis 13:10 + approximately + 220 times (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6, 13); אַדְמַת מ׳ the soil of Egypt † Genesis 47:20, 26; מֵימֵי מ׳ † Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; נְהַר מ׳ † Genesis 15:18; יְאֹר מ׳ † Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; יְאֹרֵי מ׳ † Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); שִׁיחוֺר מ׳ † 1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן יָםמֿ׳ † Isaiah 11:15; נַחַל מ׳ Joshua 15:4 + 6 times (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 27:7, אֵטוּן מ׳ Proverbs 7:16; often || בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3, 4, 5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4, 9 +; || אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (פַּתְרוֹם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie).
b. combinations are:
(1) מ׳ as limit of motion: מצרימ(ה)יָרַד Genesis 43:15; Joshua 24:4 + with + 12 times; מ׳ בּוֹא + with + 26 times, בְמ׳ בוא † Isaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹ † Jeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח † 1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַח † Jeremiah 26:22; so (+אֶל־) Jeremiah 26:22. In Jeremiah 42:16b read בְּמ׳ with Gie.
(2) מ׳ as point of departure (הֶעֱלָה) מ׳ מִן־(אִרץ) עָלָה Genesis 13:1 + with + 43 times; יָצָא (הוֹצִיא) מ׳ מִן־(ארץ) Exodus 12:39 + with + 96 times; מִמּ׳ פָּדָה † 2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא † 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּב † Jeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָה † Psalm 68:32; מִמּ׳ † קָרָא † Hoshea 11:1.
2. of people:
a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham † Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11.
b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately + 134 times, including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular אָֽבְדָה מ׳ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16, 23, 25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21, 23 + 22 times; בִּנֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 16:26; בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ׳ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16, 17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muṣri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muṣri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:6; 10:6; 10:13; 12:10; 12:11; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 13:10; 15:18; 37:36; 41:55; 41:55; 41:56; 43:15; 45:20; 47:6; 47:13; 47:20; 47:26; 49:23

Exodus

7:19; 8:2; 10:7; 10:7; 12:33; 12:33; 12:39; 14:25

Joshua

15:4; 24:4

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

10:28; 11:40

2 Kings

7:6

1 Chronicles

1:8; 1:11; 13:5; 17:21

2 Chronicles

1:16; 1:17; 10:2; 12:3; 20:10

Psalms

68:32

Proverbs

7:16

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 11:11; 11:15; 19:16; 19:21; 19:23; 19:23; 19:23; 19:25; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 45:14

Jeremiah

2:18; 26:22; 26:22; 37:7; 42:16; 44:1; 44:15; 44:28; 46:8; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24

Ezekiel

16:26; 27:7; 29:10; 30:4; 30:6; 30:9; 30:18

Hosea

9:6; 11:11; 12:1

Amos

8:8; 9:5

H4714

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Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 12 (Exo 32:11–Deu 4:46)

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Then Moses entreated [fn]the favor of Yahweh his God and said, “O Yahweh, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt H4714 with great power and with a strong hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:23 - “Indeed they said to me, ‘Make [fn]gods for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt H4714, we do not know what has become of him.’

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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go! Go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt H4714, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your seed I will give it.’

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“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, which I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:45 - ‘For I am Yahweh who brought you up from the land of Egypt H4714 to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:3 - ‘You shall not do according to what is done in the land of Egypt H4714 where you lived, nor are you to do according to what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - ‘The sojourner who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt H4714; I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have [fn]just balances, [fn]just weights, a [fn]just [fn]ephah, and a [fn]just [fn]hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:33 - who brought you out from the land of Egypt H4714 to be your God; I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:43 - so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt H4714. I am Yahweh your God.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:38 - ‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt H4714 to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:42 - ‘For they are My slaves whom I brought out from the land of Egypt H4714; they shall not be sold in a slave sale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:55 - ‘For the sons of Israel are My slaves; they are My slaves whom I brought out from the land of Egypt H4714. I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - ‘I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt H4714 so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - ‘But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt H4714 in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.’”

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Then [fn]Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt H4714, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714 I sanctified them for Myself.

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Thus Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt H4714, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:5 - “We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt H4714, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - “And say to the people, ‘Set yourselves apart as holy for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For it was good for us in Egypt H4714.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you shall eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - [fn]but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yahweh who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever go out from Egypt H4714?”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - And they had gone up into the Negev and [fn]came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the [fn]descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt H4714.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt H4714! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt H4714?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:4 - So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - “Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt H4714 even until now.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:22 - “Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I have done in Egypt H4714 and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:41 - “I am Yahweh your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt H4714 to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:5 - “And why have you made us come up from Egypt H4714, to bring us into this evil place? It is not a place of [fn]grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:15 - that our fathers went down to Egypt H4714, and we stayed in Egypt H4714 a long time, and the Egyptians H4714 treated us and our fathers badly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - ‘So we cried out to Yahweh, and He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt H4714; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:5 - And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt H4714 to die in the wilderness? For there is no [fn]food and no water, and [fn]we loathe this miserable food.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the [fn]River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt H4714; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are settled opposite me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt H4714, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:22 -

“God brings them out of Egypt H4714,

He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 -

“God brings him out of Egypt H4714,

He is for him like the horns of the wild ox.

He will devour the nations who are his adversaries,

And will gnaw their bones in pieces,

And [fn]shatter them with his arrows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:4 - “Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as Yahweh has commanded Moses.”

Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt H4714 were:

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And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt H4714; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - ‘None of the men who came up from Egypt H4714, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:1

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These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt H4714 by their armies, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the [fn]command of Yahweh, and he died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt H4714, on the first day in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5 - ‘And the border shall turn from Azmon to the brook of Egypt H4714, and its termination shall be at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:27 - and you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because Yahweh hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt H4714 to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:30 - ‘Yahweh your God, who goes before you, will Himself fight on your behalf, [fn]just as He did for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:20 - “But Yahweh has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt H4714, to be a people for His own inheritance, as today.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [fn]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - “[fn]Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them. And He [fn]personally brought you from Egypt H4714 by His great power,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45 - these are the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when they came out from Egypt H4714,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck down when they came out from Egypt H4714.

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