1 Samuel 15:18
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
חָרַם
châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
חַטָּא
chaṭṭâʼ
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
עֲמָלֵק
ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
לָחַם
lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Key Terms in This Verse
עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
Study H6002 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →חָרַם châram
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
Study H2763 →לָחַם lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Study H3898 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be...
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
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