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Lexicon :: Strong's H3581 - kōaḥ

Aa
כֹּחַ
Transliteration
kōaḥ
Pronunciation
ko'-akh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be firm
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 973.1

Strong’s Definitions

כֹּחַ kôach, ko'-akh; or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ kôwach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard:—ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x

The KJV translates Strong's H3581 in the following manner: strength (58x), power (47x), might (7x), force (3x), ability (2x), able (2x), able (with H6113) (1x), chameleon (1x), fruits (1x), powerful (1x), substance (1x), wealth (1x), weary (with H3019) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 126x
The KJV translates Strong's H3581 in the following manner: strength (58x), power (47x), might (7x), force (3x), ability (2x), able (2x), able (with H6113) (1x), chameleon (1x), fruits (1x), powerful (1x), substance (1x), wealth (1x), weary (with H3019) (1x).

  1. strength, power, might

    1. human strength

    2. strength (of angels)

    3. power (of God)

    4. strength (of animals)

    5. strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

  2. a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, which is unclean

    1. perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning is unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֹּחַ kôach, ko'-akh; or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ kôwach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard:—ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
STRONGS H3581: Abbreviations
† I. כֹּחַ noun [masculine] a small reptile, probably a kind of lizard, in list of unclean creeping things Leviticus 11:30; Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate AV chameleon; on various opinions see Di.

†II. כֹּחַ and (†Daniel 11:6) כּוֺחַ noun masculineDeuteronomy 4:37 strength, power (Late Hebrew id.); — כ׳ absolute Deuteronomy 8:18 +; construct Numbers 14:17 +; suffix כֹּחִי Genesis 31:6 +; כֹּחֲךָ Judges 16:6 +, כֹּחֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 5:10, כֹּחֶ֑כָה Proverbs 24:10, etc.; always singular; —
1. human strength:
a. physical, of Samson Judges 16:5, 6, 9, 15, 17, 19, 30; strength in toil Isaiah 44:12 (זְרוֺעַ כֹּחוֺ), Isaiah 44:12; Leviticus 26:20; Nehemiah 4:4; of manly vigour (in procreation) אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֺנִי Genesis 49:3 (poem in J; said to Reuben); vigour in general Joshua 14:11 (twice in verse) (JE), Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 28:22; Job 6:11, 12; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 38:11; Psalm 71:9; Psalm 102:24; Proverbs 20:29; as sustained by food 1 Kings 19:8; lack of such vigour is לֹאכֹֿחַ Job 26:2, compare מִכֹּחַ Jeremiah 48:45 without strength; בְּלֹאכֿ׳ Lamentations 1:6; יְגִיעֵיכֿ׳ Job 3:17; כֹּחַ לֹאהָֿיָה בוֺ 1 Samuel 28:20, compare Daniel 10:8, 17; in Psalm 22:16 read חִכִּי, so Ew Ol Che and others; specifically of power of voice Isaiah 40:9.
b. more inclusively, ability, efficiency: followed by infinitive, ability to weep 1 Samuel 30:4; to get wealth Deuteronomy 8:18; to bring forth (a child; in figure) 2 Kings 19:3 = Isaiah 37:3; followed by לַעֲמֹד Daniel 1:4; Ezra 10:13, compare Daniel 11:15; without infinitive 1 Chronicles 29:2; Ezra 2:69; of efficiency in battle 2 Chron 14:10; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 26:13; for porter's service in temple אִישׁחַֿיִל בַּכֹּחַ לַעֲבֹדָה 1 Chronicles 26:8; ability or efficiency in general Genesis 31:6; Proverbs 24:5, 10; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10, so probably כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם Job 30:2; עָצַר כֹּחַ (late, compare עצר) retain ability or strength, followed by infinitive; לְהִתְנַדֵּב נַעְצֹר כ׳ 1 Chronicles 29:14 that we should retain (have) ability to make freewill-oferings; to build 2 Chron 2:5; with negative, without infinitive, Daniel 10:8, 16 (compare Daniel 11:6, c).
c. power of a people, or king, Joshua 17:17; Nahum 2:2; Habakkuk 1:11; Isaiah 49:4 (of servant of י׳), Lamentations 1:14; Daniel 8:22, 24a, also Daniel 8:24b (si vera lectio, see Bev), Daniel 11:25 (|| לֵבָב); with עָצַר 2 Chronicles 13:20; 22:9; Daniel 11:6 (הַזְּרוֺעַ לֹא תַעְצֹר כ׳, compare b); in Hosea 7:9 figurative of body seems combined with that of land yielding produce (see 5 below)
d. power opposed to that of God Amos 2:14; Isaiah 10:13 (יָדִי כ׳), Deuteronomy 8:17; 1 Samuel 2:9; Zechariah 4:6; Job 36:19; Psalm 33:16.
e. power conferred by God Isaiah 40:29, compare Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; of prophetic power Micah 3:8.
2. strength of angels Psalm 103:20.
3. power of God: in creation Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15 (see also Jeremiah 32:17 below), Psalm 65:7; in governing the world 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalm 29:4; in acts of deliverance and judgment Exodus 9:16; Exodus 15:6; Exodus 32:11; Numbers 14:13, 17 (JE), Isaiah 50:2; 2 Chronicles 25:8; Job 9:19; Job 24:22; Job 26:12; Job 30:18; Job 36:22; in combination כֹּחַ גָּדוֺל Deuteronomy 4:37; || יָד חֲזָקָה Exodus 32:11(JE), Nehemiah 1:10; || זְרוֺעַ נְטוּיָה Deuteronomy 9:29; 2 Kings 17:36; Jeremiah 27:5; Jeremiah 32:17; he is רַבכֹּֿחַ Psalm 147:5; compare רֹב כֹּחוֺ Isaiah 63:1; Job 23:6; also גדולכֹּֿחַ Nahum 1:3; אַמִּיץ כֹּחַ Isaiah 40:26; Job 9:4, שַׂגִּיאכֹֿחַ Job 37:23; כֹּחַ מַעֲשָׂיו Psalm 111:6 the power of his works; בַּכֹּחַ קוֺל י׳ Psalm 29:4 (of thunder); specifically of his wisdom (rather peculiarly, Elihu) כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב Job 36:5 mighty in strength of mind.
4. of animals: wild ox Job 39:11, horse Job 39:21, hippopotamus Job 40:16, bullock Proverbs 14:4; he-goat Daniel 8:6 ram Daniel 8:7.
5. strength, of soil i.e. produce, Genesis 4:12 (J), Job 31:30; (Hosea 7:9 see 1. c above); = wealth (compare חַילִ) Proverbs 5:10; Job 6:22.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:12; 31:6; 31:6; 49:3

Exodus

9:16; 15:6; 32:11; 32:11

Leviticus

11:30; 26:20

Numbers

14:13; 14:17; 14:17

Deuteronomy

4:37; 4:37; 8:17; 8:18; 8:18; 9:29

Joshua

14:11; 17:17

Judges

6:14; 16:5; 16:6; 16:6; 16:9; 16:15; 16:17; 16:19; 16:30

1 Samuel

2:9; 28:20; 28:22; 30:4

1 Kings

19:8

2 Kings

17:36; 19:3

1 Chronicles

26:8; 29:2; 29:12; 29:14

2 Chronicles

2:5; 13:20; 14:10; 20:6; 20:12; 22:9; 25:8; 26:13

Ezra

2:69; 10:13

Nehemiah

1:10; 4:4

Job

3:17; 6:11; 6:12; 6:22; 9:4; 9:19; 23:6; 24:22; 26:2; 26:12; 30:2; 30:18; 31:30; 36:5; 36:19; 36:22; 37:23; 39:11; 39:21; 40:16

Psalms

22:16; 29:4; 29:4; 31:11; 33:16; 38:11; 65:7; 71:9; 102:24; 103:20; 111:6; 147:5

Proverbs

5:10; 5:10; 14:4; 20:29; 24:5; 24:10; 24:10

Ecclesiastes

4:1; 9:10

Isaiah

10:13; 37:3; 40:9; 40:26; 40:29; 40:31; 41:1; 44:12; 44:12; 49:4; 50:2; 63:1

Jeremiah

10:12; 27:5; 32:17; 32:17; 48:45; 51:15

Lamentations

1:6; 1:14

Daniel

1:4; 8:6; 8:7; 8:22; 8:24; 8:24; 10:8; 10:8; 10:16; 10:17; 11:6; 11:6; 11:6; 11:15; 11:25

Hosea

7:9; 7:9

Amos

2:14

Micah

3:8

Nahum

1:3; 2:2

Habakkuk

1:11

Zechariah

4:6

H3581

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3581 matches the Hebrew כֹּחַ (kōaḥ),
which occurs 127 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 6:22–Jer 48:45)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 - Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:19 - If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 - Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:22 - “But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 - “How have you helped him who is without power?
How have you saved the arm that has no strength?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:12 - He stirs up the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He breaks up the storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:2 - Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 - By great force my garment is disfigured;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:39 - If I have eaten its fruit[fn] without money,
Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:19 - Will your riches,
Or all the mighty forces,
Keep you from distress?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him;
He is excellent in power,
In judgment and abundant justice;
He does not oppress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:11 - Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:21 - He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He gallops into the clash of arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - See now, his strength is in his hips,
And his power is in his stomach muscles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:4 - The voice of the LORD is powerful;
The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:16 - No king is saved by the multitude of an army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 - My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:6 - Who established the mountains by His strength,
Being clothed with power;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:9 - Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:23 - He weakened my strength in the way;
He shortened my days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Bless the LORD, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 - He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:5 - Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - Lest aliens be filled with your wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:4 - Where no oxen are, the trough is clean;
But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength,
And the splendor of old men is their gray head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun:

And look! The tears of the oppressed,
But they have no comforter—
On the side of their oppressors there is power,
But they have no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - O Zion,
You who bring good tidings,
Get up into the high mountain;
O Jerusalem,
You who bring good tidings,
Lift up your voice with strength,
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:26 - Lift up your eyes on high,
And see who has created these things,
Who brings out their host by number;
He calls them all by name,
By the greatness of His might
And the strength of His power;
Not one is missing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 - He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who wait on the LORD
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - “Keep silence before Me, O coastlands,
And let the people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us come near together for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The blacksmith with the tongs works one in the coals,
Fashions it with hammers,
And works it with the strength of his arms.
Even so, he is hungry, and his strength fails;
He drinks no water and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my just reward is with the LORD,
And my work with my God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—

“I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - He has made the earth by His power,
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - ‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - “Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon
Because of exhaustion.
But a fire shall come out of Heshbon,
A flame from the midst of Sihon,
And shall devour the brow of Moab,
The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.

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