What Does Joshua 2:23 Mean?

“returned”

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

“So the two”

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“and descended”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

“from the mountain”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“and passed over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

“and came”

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

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to Joshua”

jehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader

“the son”

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 Nun”

nun or non, the father of joshua

“and told”

properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra

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

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

“him all things that befell”

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

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc