Topic
Confederate; Confederacy
14 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Genesis 14:13ISBE
¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- 2 Samuel 15:12ISBE
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- 2 Kings 12:20ISBE
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
- Psalms 83:5ISBE
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
- Isaiah 7:2ISBE
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
- Isaiah 8:12ISBE
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
- Obadiah 1:7ISBE
All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
- 1 Maccabees 8:20ISBE
Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
- 1 Maccabees 8:24ISBE
If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion,
- 1 Maccabees 8:31ISBE
And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews, we have written unto him, saying, Wherefore thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews?
- 1 Maccabees 10:16ISBE
He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
- 1 Maccabees 10:47ISBE
But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate with him always.
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- 1 Maccabees 14:40 ISBE
- 1 Maccabees 15:17 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
kon-fed'-er-at, kon-fed'-er-a-si: "Confederate" as an adjective in the sense of united or leagued is twice the translation of berith "covenant," in several instances translated "league" (Ge 14:13, ba`al berith, "lord or master of a covenant," "an ally,") "these were confederate with Abram"; compare Ps 83:5; once of nuach, "to rest," "Syria is confederate with Ephraim" (Isa 7:2, the Revised Version, margin "resteth on Ephraim"; also 1 Macc 10:47).
As a noun "confederate" occurs in 1 Macc 10:16, summachos, "confederates" (1 Macc 8:20,24,31; 14:40; 15:17).
Confederacy, as a "league," occurs as the translation of berith, "the men of thy confederacy" (Obad 1:7); as a conspiracy it occurs in Isa 8:12 twice, as translation of qesher from qashar, "to bind": "Say ye not, a confederate." Compare 2Sa 15:12; 2Ki 12:20, etc.
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.