Judges 5:20
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
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Courses
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Isaiah 44:4
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
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10 occurrences in 8 verses.
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מַחֲלֹקֶת
machălôqeth · makh-al-o'-keth
14 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
Strong's KJV usage: company, course, division, portion. See also 5555.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 23:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 35:10
Open full H4256 profile →חֲלִיפָה
chălîyphâh · khal-ee-faw'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
alternation
Strong's KJV usage: change, course.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 5:14Strong's last: 1 Kings 5:14
Open full H2487 profile →יָבָל
yâbâl · yaw-bawl'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a stream
Strong's KJV usage: (water-) course, stream.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 44:4Strong's last: Isaiah 44:4
Open full H2988 profile →מַחְלְקָה
machlᵉqâh · makh-lek-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a section (of the Levites)
Strong's KJV usage: course.
Strong's first: Ezra 6:18Strong's last: Ezra 6:18
Open full H4255 profile →מְסִלָּה
mᵉçillâh · mes-il-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Strong's KJV usage: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 5:20Strong's last: Judges 5:20
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H4256
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
H4256
And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
H4256
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
H4256
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
H4256
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
H4256
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
H4256
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
H4256
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
H4256
And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
H4256
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
English meaning and historical usage.
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courses
COURSES, noun plural
1. In a ship, the principal sails, as the main sail, fore sail, and mizen; sometimes the name is given to the stay sails on the lower masts; also to the main stay sails of all brigs and schooners.
2. Catamenia; menstrual flux.
COURSE, verb transitive
1. To hunt; to pursue; to chase.
We coursed him at the heels.
2. To cause to run; to force to move with speed.
3. To run through or over.
The blood courses the winding arteries.
The bounding steed courses the dusty plain.
COURSE, verb intransitive To run; to move with speed; to run or move about; as, the blood courses
The grayhounds coursed through the fields.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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