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רָמָה
râmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H7411 · 13 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “carry”
What it means
to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
beguile, betray, bowman, carry, deceive, throw
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“carry”
“deceive”
“beguile”
also renders exapatáō (G1818), deleázō (G1185), paralogízomai (G3884), nâshâʼ (H5377)
“throw”
also renders rhíptō (G4496), bállō (G906)
“betray”
also renders paradídōmi (G3860)
“bowman”
also renders qesheth (H7198)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
13 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 12:17 · HR/Vpc/Sp1cs
David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”
1 Samuel 19:17 · HVpp2fs/Sp1cs
Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”
1 Samuel 28:12 · HVpp2ms/Sp1cs
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”
2 Samuel 19:26 · HVpp3ms/Sp1cs
He answered, “My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, ‘I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame.
Exodus 15:1 · HVqp3ms
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, “I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.
Exodus 15:21 · HVqp3ms
Miriam answered them, “Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse and his rider into the sea.”
Genesis 29:25 HVpp2ms/Sp1csJeremiah 4:29 HC/VqrmscJoshua 9:22 HVpp2mpLamentations 1:19 HVpp3cp/Sp1csNumbers 15:30 HVqrfsaProverbs 26:19 HVpp3msPsalm 78:9 HVqrmpc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.