Lexicon
מֶ֫רֶד
me.red
H4777
H:N-M Hebrew

rebellion

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me.red denotes the conduct disavowed in a plea that it not be rebellion against the LORD.

The single attested use places the noun in a denial that an action was rebellion against the LORD.

Senses in use

  1. Conduct denied as rebellion against the LORD · dominant

    In Joshua 22:22, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the conditional denial, "if it was in rebellion ... against the LORD." The APB presents the clause as a plea that the action not be judged as rebellion or unfaithfulness against the LORD.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Joshua 22:22, the APB renders the relevant clause with "in rebellion" and places it alongside "in unfaithfulness against the LORD." The noun's specific English correspondence is limited to the clause context.

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