King James Version
Deuteronomy 13:1 in the King James Version says “If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,”
Deuteronomy 13:1 · KJV
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“If there arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“among”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“or a dreamer”
H2492properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
“and giveth”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“thee a sign”
H226a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc
desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
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