Judges 18:5
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
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)
צָלַח
tsâlach
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Key Terms in This Verse
צָלַח tsâlach
to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Study H6743 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the ...
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten im...
Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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