King James Version
“For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.”
Numbers 25:18 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and in the matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“for Peor's”
H6465peor, a mountain east of jordan in moab; baal peor, (for h1187) a deity worshipped there
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and in the matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“of a prince”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“of Midian”
H4080midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
“their sister”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
“in the day”
H3117a 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
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and in the matter”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“for Peor's”
H6465peor, a mountain east of jordan in moab; baal peor, (for h1187) a deity worshipped there
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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