1 Samuel 15:11
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָחַם
nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
יָרַע
yâraʻ
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
שְׁמוּאֵל
Shᵉmûwʼêl
Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
צָעַק
tsâʻaq
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחַם nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Study H5162 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →יָרַע yâraʻ
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
Study H3415 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ...
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the a...
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was...
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an alt...
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and me...
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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