1 Samuel 13:17
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁדַד
shâdad
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מַחֲנֶה
machăneh
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e...
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עׇפְרָה
ʻOphrâh
Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חֲצַר שׁוּעָל
Chătsar Shûwʻâl
Chatsar-Shual, a place in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁדַד shâdad
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
Study H7703 →עׇפְרָה ʻOphrâh
Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
Study H6084 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →מַחֲנֶה machăneh
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
Study H4264 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →Cross References
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came t...
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