1 Kings 11:4

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For it

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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to

עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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when

שְׁלֹמֹה

Shᵉlômôh

H8010

Shelomah, David's successor

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was

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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that his

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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הָפַךְ

hâphak

H2015

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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his

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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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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other

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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and his

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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was not

תָּמִים

tâmîym

H8549

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

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with the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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his

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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as was the

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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of

דָּוִד

Dâvid

H1732

David, the youngest son of Jesse

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his

אָב

ʼâb

H1

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

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Key Terms in This Verse

perfect H8549

תָּמִים tâmîym

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

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wives H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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gods H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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turned H2015

הָפַךְ hâphak

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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Solomon H8010

שְׁלֹמֹה Shᵉlômôh

Shelomah, David's successor

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old H1121

בֵּן bên

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

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pass H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

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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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

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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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

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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Cross References

1 Kings 9:4 cross-reference

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

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.

1 Chronicles 28:9 cross-reference

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 ...

1 Kings 11:6 cross-reference

And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.

1 Kings 11:2 cross-reference

Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: ...

2 Chronicles 17:3 cross-reference

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

2 Chronicles 34:2 cross-reference

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 17:17 cross-reference

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

1 Kings 11:42 cross-reference

And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

Deuteronomy 7:4 cross-reference

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

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.

1 Kings 9:10 cross-reference

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,

1 Kings 15:14 cross-reference

But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

1 Chronicles 29:19 cross-reference

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

1 Kings 11:38 cross-reference

And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I...

2 Chronicles 25:2 cross-reference

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.

1 Kings 14:21 cross-reference

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of al...

1 Kings 6:1 cross-reference

And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which i...

1 Kings 15:3 cross-reference

And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

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