1 Kings 19:10

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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I have been very

קָנָא

qânâʼ

H7065

to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious

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for the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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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

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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for the

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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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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have

עָזַב

ʻâzab

H5800

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

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thy

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth

H1285

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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רָמָה

râmâh

H7411

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

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down thine

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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and

חָלָל

châlâl

H2491

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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thy

נָבִיא

nâbîyʼ

H5030

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

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with the

חֶרֶב

chereb

H2719

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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and I

עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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I only am

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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and they

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

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

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my

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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to

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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it

סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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Key Terms in This Verse

jealous H7065

קָנָא qânâʼ

to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious

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thrown H7411

רָמָה râmâh

to hurl; specifically, to shoot; figuratively, to delude or betray (as if causing to fall)

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altars H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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forsaken H5800

עָזַב ʻâzab

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

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slain H2491

חָלָל châlâl

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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prophets H5030

נָבִיא nâbîyʼ

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

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seek H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

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

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covenant H1285

בְּרִית bᵉrîyth

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

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hosts H6635

צָבָא tsâbâʼ

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

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left H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:4 cross-reference

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 18:22 cross-reference

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Exodus 34:14 cross-reference

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Exodus 20:5 cross-reference

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th...

1 Kings 18:30 cross-reference

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

Numbers 25:13 cross-reference

And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

Numbers 25:11 cross-reference

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israe...

1 Kings 18:10 cross-reference

As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found t...

1 Kings 22:8 cross-reference

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil....

Jeremiah 2:30 cross-reference

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Psalm 119:139 cross-reference

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

1 Kings 18:17 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

Micah 6:16 cross-reference

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...

Hosea 5:11 cross-reference

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

John 2:17 cross-reference

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

1 Kings 19:2 cross-reference

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

Micah 7:2 cross-reference

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

1 Kings 19:14 cross-reference

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even...

1 Kings 18:20 cross-reference

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

Psalm 69:9 cross-reference

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

1 Kings 20:35 cross-reference

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

1 Kings 20:13 cross-reference

And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt kno...

1 Kings 20:22 cross-reference

And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

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