The Defeat of the Amalekites
Exodus 17:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.Hebrew YHWH Nissi
- KJV
- And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:Jehovah-nissi: that is, The LORD my banner
- WEB
- Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi
- ASV
- And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
- LSV
- and Moses builds an altar, and calls its name YHWH-Nissi,
- YLT
- and Moses buildeth an altar, and calleth its name Jehovah-Nissi,
- DBY
- And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.
- DRC
- And Moses built an altar: and called the name thereof, The Lord my exaltation, saying:
- GNV
- (And Moses builte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouah-nissi)
- JPS
- And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Adonai-nissi.
- LXXE
- And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ נִסִּֽי׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Μωυσῆς θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ· καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Κύριος καταφυγή μου.
Who and where
👤 Moses◆ Wilderness Wanderings
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AltarJehovah-nissiJehovahnissiPurimRephidimAmalekitesWars of the Lord, The Book of thePurim; PurTheocracy, the, or Immediate Government by GodSanctuary
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Judges 6:24So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Psalms 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- Genesis 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).