1 Chronicles 11:23
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִצְרִי
Mitsrîy
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
מִצְרִי
Mitsrîy
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מַטֶּה
maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),...
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
מִצְרִי
Mitsrîy
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
Key Terms in This Verse
יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →מַטֶּה maṭṭeh
a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of l...
Study H4294 →Cross References
And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four c...
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion...
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