KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Kings 13:34 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| 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. |
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| “And this” | הַזֶּ֔ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | And this |
| “thing” | בַּדָּבָ֣ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | thing |
| “became” | וַֽיְהִי֙ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | became |
| “sin” | לְחַטַּ֖את | An offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender | sin |
| “unto the house” | בֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of Jeroboam,” | יָֽרָבְעָ֑ם | Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings | Jeroboam |
| “even to cut off,” | וּלְהַכְחִיד֙ | To secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy | even cut off |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and to destroy” | וּלְהַשְׁמִ֔יד | To desolate | destroy |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “from off” | מֵעַ֖ל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | off |
| “the face” | פְּנֵ֥י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | face |
| “of the earth.” | הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ | Soil (from its general redness) | earth |
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32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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