KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.”
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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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| “And Elijah” | אֵֽלִיָּ֨הוּ | Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites | Elijah |
| “said” | וַיֹּאמֶר֩ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto them, Take” | תִּפְשׂ֣וּ׀ | To manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably | Take |
| “the prophets” | נְבִיאֵ֣י | A prophet or (generally) inspired man | prophets |
| “of Baal;” | הַבַּ֗עַל | Baal, a Phoenician deity | Baal |
| “let not” | אַל | Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing | let not |
| “one” | אִ֛ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | one |
| “of them escape.” | יִמָּלֵ֥ט | Properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks | escape |
| “And they took” | וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּם | To manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably | took |
| “them: and Elijah” | אֵֽלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ | Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites | Elijah |
| “brought them down” | וַיּֽוֹרִדֵ֤ם | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | brought down |
| “to” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | to |
| “the brook” | נַ֣חַל | A stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) | brook |
| “Kishon,” | קִישׁ֔וֹן | Kishon, a river of Palestine | Kishon |
| “and slew” | וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖ם | To slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) | slew |
| “them there.” | שָֽׁם׃ | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | them there |
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38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
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