1 Samuel 4:10

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And the

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

Pᵉlishtîy

H6430

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

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לָחַם

lâcham

H3898

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

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and

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

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

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was

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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and they

נוּס

nûwç

H5127

to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

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every

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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into his

אֹהֶל

ʼôhel

H168

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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and there was a very

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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for there

נָפַל

nâphal

H5307

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

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

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שְׁלוֹשִׁים

shᵉlôwshîym

H7970

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

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אֶלֶף

ʼeleph

H505

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Key Terms in This Verse

footmen H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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slaughter H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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smitten H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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fought H3898

לָחַם lâcham

to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

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tent H168

אֹהֶל ʼôhel

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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fled H5127

נוּס nûwç

to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

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thirty H7970

שְׁלוֹשִׁים shᵉlôwshîym

thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth

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fell H5307

נָפַל nâphal

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

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Philistines H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּי Pᵉlishtîy

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

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thousand H505

אֶלֶף ʼeleph

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:2 cross-reference

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

Deuteronomy 28:25 cross-reference

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 26:17 cross-reference

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

2 Kings 14:12 cross-reference

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.

2 Samuel 18:17 cross-reference

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

2 Samuel 18:7 cross-reference

Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 20:1 cross-reference

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son ...

2 Chronicles 13:17 cross-reference

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

1 Kings 12:16 cross-reference

So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Isr...

2 Chronicles 25:22 cross-reference

And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

Psalm 78:9 cross-reference

The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

1 Kings 22:36 cross-reference

And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

2 Samuel 19:8 cross-reference

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to hi...

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