KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Kings 17:5 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.”
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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. |
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| “So he went” | וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | So he went |
| “and did” | וַיַּ֖עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “according unto the word” | כִּדְבַ֣ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | according word |
| “of the Lord:” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “for he went” | וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | for he went |
| “and dwelt” | וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | dwelt |
| “by the brook” | בְּנַ֣חַל | A stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) | brook |
| “Cherith,” | כְּרִ֔ית | Kerith, a brook of Palestine | Cherith |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “before” | 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.) | before |
| “Jordan.” | הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | Jarden, the principal river of Palestine | Jordan |
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3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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