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Joshua 15:16

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

KJV

Dixitque Caleb : Qui percusserit Cariath Sepher, et ceperit eam, dabo ei Axam filiam meam uxorem.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Χαλέβ Ὅς ἐὰν λάβῃ καὶ ἐκκόψῃ τὴν Πόλιν τῶν γραμμάτων καὶ κυριεύσῃ αὐτῆς, δώσω αὐτῷ τὴν Ἄσχαν θυγατέρα μου εἰς γυναῖκα.

LXX

And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר כָּלֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּ֥ה אֶת קִרְיַת סֵ֖פֶר וּ/לְכָדָ֑/הּ וְ/נָתַ֥תִּי ל֛/וֹ אֶת עַכְסָ֥ה בִתִּ֖/י לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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People Caleb

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּלֵ֖ב
klb
proper_noun · 35×
ם
m
verb · 499×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַכְסָ֥ה
'ksh
proper_noun · 5×
קִרְיַת
qryt
proper_noun · 10×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:25 — And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and w
  • Judg 1:12 — And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
  • Judg 1:12 — And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.