1 Chronicles 28:9

Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data

"And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And thou

שְׁלֹמֹה

Shᵉlômôh

H8010

Shelomah, David's successor

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my

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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thou the

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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of thy

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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and

עָבַד

ʻâbad

H5647

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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him with a

תָּמִים

tâmîym

H8549

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

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לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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and with a

אָבָה

ʼâbâh

H14

to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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for the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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דָּרַשׁ

dârash

H1875

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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all

לֵבָב

lêbâb

H3824

the heart (as the most interior organ);

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and

בִּין

bîyn

H995

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

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all the

יֵצֶר

yêtser

H3336

a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)

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of the

מַחֲשָׁבָה

machăshâbâh

H4284

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

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if thou

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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him he will be

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

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of thee but if thou

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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him he will

שָׁלַךְ

shâlak

H7993

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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thee off for

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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Key Terms in This Verse

imaginations H3336

יֵצֶר yêtser

a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)

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searcheth H1875

דָּרַשׁ dârash

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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understandeth H995

בִּין bîyn

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

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willing H14

אָבָה ʼâbâh

to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent

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thoughts H4284

מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

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forsake H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.

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mind H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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perfect H8549

תָּמִים tâmîym

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

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hearts H3824

לֵבָב lêbâb

the heart (as the most interior organ);

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serve H5647

עָבַד ʻâbad

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 29:13 cross-reference

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 24:7 cross-reference

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

1 Kings 8:61 cross-reference

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

2 Chronicles 15:2 cross-reference

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake ...

Psalm 9:10 cross-reference

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

1 Samuel 16:7 cross-reference

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,...

John 4:24 cross-reference

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Jeremiah 17:10 cross-reference

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Psalm 139:2 cross-reference

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Jeremiah 9:24 cross-reference

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I deligh...

Hosea 4:1 cross-reference

Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

John 17:3 cross-reference

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Jeremiah 31:34 cross-reference

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: fo...

Isaiah 45:19 cross-reference

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

2 Kings 20:3 cross-reference

I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

Jeremiah 22:16 cross-reference

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Exodus 15:2 cross-reference

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

1 Chronicles 29:9 cross-reference

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

1 Kings 8:39 cross-reference

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the childr...

Acts 17:30 cross-reference

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Psalm 101:2 cross-reference

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Hebrews 4:13 cross-reference

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Psalm 7:9 cross-reference

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Deuteronomy 31:21 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I ...

2 Kings 22:2 cross-reference

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

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