Joshua 11:21

And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
time	בָּעֵ֣ת ba.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
came	וַיָּבֹ֨א vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Joshua	יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua) · proper noun, a man's name
off	וַיַּכְרֵ֤ת vai.yakh.Ret	H3772	to cut (off · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Anakims	הָֽעֲנָקִים֙ ha.'a.na.Kim	H6062	an Anakite or descendant of Anak · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
mountains	הָהָ֤ר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Hebron	חֶבְרוֹן֙ chev.rOn	H2275	Chebron · proper noun, a place name
Debir	דְּבִ֣ר de.Vir	H1688	Debir · proper noun, a place name
Anab	עֲנָ֔ב 'a.Nav	H6024	Anab · proper noun, a place name
mountains	הַ֣ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
mountains	הַ֣ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Joshua	יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua) · proper noun, a man's name
utterly	הֶחֱרִימָ֥ם he.che.ri.Mam	H2763	to seclude · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
cities	עָרֵיהֶ֖ם 'a.rei.Hem	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 9:2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children…
Numbers 13:22-23 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built s…
Deuteronomy 1:28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and…
Joshua 15:13-14 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the…
Numbers 13:33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in the…
Deuteronomy 2:21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their ste…
Joshua 10:42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Joshua 14:12-14 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:15–end

We have here the conclusion of this whole matter. I. A short account is here given of what was done in four things: - 1. The obstinacy of the Canaanites in their opposition to the Israelites. It was strange that though it appeared so manifestly that God fought for Israel, and in every engagement the Canaanites had the worst of it, yet they stood it out to the last; not one city made peace with Israel, but the Gibeonites only, who understood the things that belonged to their peace better than their neighbours, Jos 11:19. It is intimated that other cities might have made as good terms for themselves, without ragged clothes and clouted shoes, if they would have humbled themselves, but they neve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 11:17

from the mount Halak--Hebrew, "the smooth mountain." that goeth up to Seir--an irregular line of white naked hills, about eighty feet high, and seven or eight geographical miles in length that cross the whole Ghor, eight miles south of the Dead Sea, probably "the ascent of Akrabbim" [ROBINSON]. unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon--the city or temple of the god of destiny, in Baalbec.

Adam Clarke on Joshua 11:21

Cut off the Anakims - from Hebron, from Debir - This is evidently a recapitulation of the military operations detailed Jos 10:36-41. Destroyed - their cities - That is, those of the Anakims; for from Jos 11:13 we learn that Joshua preserved certain other cities.

John Gill on Joshua 11:21

And at that time came Joshua,.... After he had made a conquest of the land, or at the time he made it, as before related: and cut off the Anakims from the mountains; whither, upon the conquest of the land, they had betaken themselves, and lived in dens and caves: these were giants, so called from Anak the father of them; though these are not to be restrained to his posterity, but include all other giants in the land; and the Targum renders the word by "mighty men"; and as some of them dwelt in mountains, others in cities, as follows: from Hebron; where the children of Anak dwelt when the spies were sent into the land between forty and fifty years before this; and though the inhabitants of…

Dictionary and topics

Ahiman — Brother of a gift = liberal. (1.) One of the three giant Anakim brothers whom Caleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Num. 13:22) when they went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven…
Anab — Grape-town, one of the cities in the mountains of Judah, from which Joshua expelled the Anakim (Josh. 11:21; 15:50). It still retains its ancient name. It lies among the hills, 10 miles…
Anakim — The descendants of Anak (Josh. 11:21; Num. 13:33; Deut. 9:2). They dwelt in the south of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). In the days of Abraham (Gen. 14:5, 6) they…
Ephraim, Mount — The central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Josh. 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua’s time (Josh. 17:18) these hills…
Giants — (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning “violent” or “causing to fall” (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying…
Joshua — Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts…
Salmon — Garment, the son of Nashon (Ruth 4:20; Matt. 1:4, 5), possibly the same as Salma in 1 Chr. 2:51.
Anab · A city of — A city of
Anakim · General references — General references
Anakim, The · Inhabited the mountains of Judah — Inhabited the mountains of Judah
Debir · .Anakim expelled from, by Joshua — .Anakim expelled from, by Joshua

Joshua 11:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 11:17

Adam Clarke on Joshua 11:21

John Gill on Joshua 11:21

Dictionary and topics

Joshua 11:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 11:17

Adam Clarke on Joshua 11:21

John Gill on Joshua 11:21

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Joshua 11:16–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Joshua 11:21–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Joshua 11:21-22

Rashi on Joshua 11:18