Judges 3:2

Hebrew	רַ֗ק לְמַ֨עַן֙ דַּ֚עַת דֹּר֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְלַמְּדָ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה רַ֥ק אֲשֶׁר לְפָנִ֖ים לֹ֥א יְדָעֽוּם
ESV	It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.
NIV	(he did this only to teach warfare to the descendants of the Israelites who had not had previous battle experience):
NLT	He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
LXX	πλὴν διὰplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδιά greek Meaning: * Through * Because * On account of Preposition that relates to movement through space, time, means or cause - it's a preposition of movement and mediation. When used with the genitive case, διά emphasizes the means or channel by which something happens.John 1:3Matthew 24:12John 1:32 Timothy 2:10Romans 5:1John 1:17 τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article γενεὰς τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱῶν Ισραηλ τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article διδάξαι αὐτοὺςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) πόλεμον πλὴν οἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) οὐκ ἔγνωσαν αὐτάplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

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