Joshua 23:12
That if ye will cleave to the errors of these folks that dwell among you, and will meddle or mingle marriages with them, and couple friendships,This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָתַןchâthanto give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
- דָּבַקdâbaqproperly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
- יֶתֶרyetherproperly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a
- שָׁאַרshâʼarproperly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 7:3, Ezk 18:24, Zep 1:6, 2Pe 2:18–22, Gen 2:24, Psa 106:34–35, Ezr 9:1–2, 1Ki 11:2