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Joshua 15:15

Hebrew
ESV
And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.
NIV
From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).
NLT
From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).
LXX
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greek

Meaning

* And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So

Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and”
ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν Χαλεβ ἐπὶ τοὺςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
κατοικοῦντας Δαβιρ τὸplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

greek

δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English.
ὄνομα Δαβιρ ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

greek

εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g.
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The definite article
πρότερον Πόλις γραμμάτων
KJV
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

Joshua 15:14 ← Joshua 15:15 → Joshua 15:16

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