Then Gideon
Gid`own (ghid-ohn')
feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite -- Gideon.
took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
ten
`eser (eh'ser)
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) -- ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
men
'enowsh (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
of his servants
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
and did
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
as the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
had said
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto him and so it was because he feared
yare' (yaw-ray')
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
household
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
and the men
'enowsh (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
of the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
that he could not do
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it by day
yowmam (yo-mawm')
daily -- daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
that he did
`asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
it by night
layil (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
