The Meaning of Judges 8:32 Explained

Judges 8:32

KJV: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

YLT: And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.

Darby: And Gideon the son of Jo'ash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Jo'ash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiez'rites.

ASV: And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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What is the context of Judges 8:32?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

What does Judges 8:32 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 8:29-35 - "through Slaughter To A Throne"

The Children of Israel were guilty of great fickleness and instability. They soon relapsed into Baal worship and forgot to show kindness to the family of their great leader. But such is the frailty of the human heart. However hot we may be for Christ today, we may be cold and distant tomorrow. It seems as if the great adversary taunts us with this as he did John Bunyan, to whom he kept whispering. "I'll cool you, I'll cool you." We must take our fickle hearts to our Lord, asking Him to keep us true and hot in our love. There are times when His friendship is the most real thing in life, but then the rainbow-glory fades in the sky. Let it not be so any more, O Lord, we beseech thee!

The terrible crime of Abimelech was extenuated by the people of Shechem, because his mother was one of themselves. Compare Judges 8:31 with 9:1, 18. But the mills of God were grinding out awful trouble for them all, Judges 9:56-57. Surely, in his lack of self-control, Gideon had much to answer for, Judges 8:30! The evil that men do lives after them. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 8

¹ Gideon pacifies the Ephraimites
⁴ Succoth and Penuel refuse to deliver Gideon's army
¹⁰ Zebah and Zalmunna are taken
¹³ Succoth and Penuel are destroyed
¹⁷ Gideon revenges his brothers's death on Zebah and Zalmunna
²² He refuses government
²⁴ His ephod the cause of idolatry
²⁸ Midian subdued
²⁹ Gideon's children, and death
³³ The Israelites' idolatry and ingratitude

What do the individual words in Judges 8:32 mean?

And died Gideon son of Joash at a old age good and was buried in the tomb his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites -

וַיָּ֛מָת גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־ יוֹאָ֖שׁ בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה טוֹבָ֑ה וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ אָבִ֔יו בְּעָפְרָ֖ה אֲבִ֥י הָֽעֶזְרִֽי פ

וַיָּ֛מָת	And died
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
גִּדְע֥וֹן	Gideon
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גִּדְעֹון Sense: youngest son of Joash of the Abiezrites, fifth judge of Israel who led the Israelites against the Midianites.
בֶּן־	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יוֹאָ֖שׁ	of Joash
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄואָשׁ Sense: son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah.
בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה	at a old age
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular Root: שֵׂיבָה Sense: age, gray hair, hoary head, old age.
טוֹבָ֑ה	good
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: טָבַב Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר	and was buried
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קָבַר Sense: to bury.
בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙	in the tomb
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קֶבֶר Sense: grave, sepulchre, tomb.
אָבִ֔יו	his father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
בְּעָפְרָ֖ה	in Ophrah
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: עָפְרָה Sense: a Judaite, son of Meonothai.
הָֽעֶזְרִֽי	the Abiezrites
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲבִי Sense: one of the family of Abiezer, a descendant of Joseph’s son, Manasseh.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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