1 Kings 20:32
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָגַר
châgar
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
שַׂק
saq
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain...
מֹתֶן
môthen
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עֲבֹת
ʻăbôth
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בֶּן־הֲדַד
Ben-Hădad
Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
שַׂק saq
properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.)
Study H8242 →מֹתֶן môthen
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
Study H4975 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
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