What Does Joshua 2:22 Mean?

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“and came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“unto the mountain”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“and abode”

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

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“there three”

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

“days”

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

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

“were returned”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“and the pursuers”

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)

“sought”

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

“and the pursuers”

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“them throughout all the way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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

“but found”

properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present