1 Samuel 4:3

Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data

"And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And when the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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were

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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into the

מַחֲנֶה

machăneh

H4264

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e...

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the

זָקֵן

zâqên

H2205

old

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

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

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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hath the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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us to

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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the

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

Pᵉlishtîy

H6430

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

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

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us

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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the

אָרוֹן

ʼârôwn

H727

a box

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of the

בְּרִית

bᵉrîyth

H1285

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

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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out of

שִׁילֹה

Shîylôh

H7887

Shiloh, a place in Palestine

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unto us that when it

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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us it may

יָשַׁע

yâshaʻ

H3467

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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us out of the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of our

אֹיֵב

ʼôyêb

H341

hating; an adversary

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Key Terms in This Verse

fetch H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Shiloh H7887

שִׁילֹה Shîylôh

Shiloh, a place in Palestine

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smitten H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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camp H4264

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)

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elders H2205

זָקֵן zâqên

old

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ark H727

אָרוֹן ʼârôwn

a box

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save H3467

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

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Philistines H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּי Pᵉlishtîy

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

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enemies H341

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

hating; an adversary

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cometh H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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Cross References

2 Timothy 3:5 cross-reference

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Numbers 10:35 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

Numbers 10:33 cross-reference

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

Deuteronomy 29:24 cross-reference

Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Hebrews 9:4 cross-reference

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Psalm 74:11 cross-reference

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Numbers 31:6 cross-reference

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

1 Peter 3:21 cross-reference

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Isaiah 50:1 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, ...

1 Chronicles 17:1 cross-reference

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

Psalm 74:1 cross-reference

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Deuteronomy 31:26 cross-reference

Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

2 Samuel 15:25 cross-reference

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

Jeremiah 3:16 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: n...

Isaiah 58:3 cross-reference

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours...

Jude 1:5 cross-reference

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

Joshua 4:7 cross-reference

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be f...

Jeremiah 7:4 cross-reference

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

Joshua 7:7 cross-reference

And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt o...

1 Samuel 14:18 cross-reference

And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

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