Joshua 15:57

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Josh 15:10 : 10 and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
Jer 14:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.
Gen 38:12 : 12 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 15:58-62
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82%
58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
60Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
Josh 15:53-56
4 verses
81%
53and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
Josh 15:50-51
2 verses
78%
50and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
Josh 15:40-45
6 verses
76%
40and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
41and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
Josh 18:24-25
2 verses
75%
24and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
25Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Josh 15:35-37
3 verses
75%
35Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
Josh 19:15
75%
15and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
Josh 15:30-33
4 verses
74%
30and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
33In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
Josh 21:22
73%
22and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.
Josh 15:23-24
2 verses
73%
23and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
Josh 19:6-7
2 verses
73%
6and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages:
7Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages:
Josh 21:15-17
3 verses
73%
15and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,
16and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
2 Chr 11:10
73%
10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
1 Chr 6:60
72%
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
Josh 15:28
71%
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Josh 21:25
71%
25And out of the {H4276} half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; two cities.
Josh 18:27-28
2 verses
71%
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Josh 19:44
71%
44and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
Josh 21:35
71%
35Dimnah with its suburbs, Nahalal with its suburbs; four cities.
Josh 19:37-38
2 verses
71%
37and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
38And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
Gen 15:21
70%
21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
Neh 11:27
70%
27and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof,
Josh 15:21
70%
21And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Neh 11:30
70%
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
1 Chr 6:56
70%
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