What Does Joshua 13:13 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“expelled”

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish

“Nevertheless the children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“not the Geshurites”

a geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of geshur

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“nor the Maachathites”

a maakathite, or inhabitant of maakah

“dwell”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“but the Geshurites”

geshur, a district of syria

“and the Maachathites”

maakah (or maakath), the name of a place in syria, also of a mesopotamian, of three israelites, and of four israelitesses and one syrian woman

“among”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“until this day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that