1 Kings 1:50
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲדֹנִיָּה
ʼĂdônîyâh
Adonijah, the name of three Israelites
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָחַז
ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
קֶרֶן
qeren
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mount...
Key Terms in This Verse
אָחַז ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Study H270 →קֶרֶן qeren
a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
Study H7161 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.
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