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1 CHRONICLES 16:19
KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.”
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1 Chronicles 16:19 Translation & Meaning
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KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
“When ye were” | בִּהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | When ye were |
“but few,” | מִסְפָּ֔ר | A number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration | few |
“even a few,” | כִּמְעַ֖ט | A little or few (often adverbial or comparative) | even few |
“and strangers” | וְגָרִ֥ים | Properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) | strangers |
“in it.” | וְגָרִ֥ים | Properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) | in it |
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17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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