KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Samuel 10:25 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.”
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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| “Then Samuel” | שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל | Shemuel, the name of three Israelites | Then Samuel |
| “told” | וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | told |
| “the people” | הָעָ֗ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “the manner” | מִשְׁפַּ֣ט | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | manner |
| “of the kingdom,” | הַמְּלֻכָ֔ה | Something ruled, i.e., a realm | kingdom |
| “and wrote” | וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב | To grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) | wrote |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “in a book,” | בַּסֵּ֔פֶר | Properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book | book |
| “and laid up” | וַיַּנַּ֖ח | To deposit; by implication, to allow to stay | laid up |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֣י | 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 |
| “the Lord.” | יְהוָ֑ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “And Samuel” | שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל | Shemuel, the name of three Israelites | Samuel |
| “sent” | וַיְשַׁלַּ֧ח | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the people” | הָעָ֖ם | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “away, every man” | אִ֥ישׁ | 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) | away every man |
| “to his house.” | לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃ | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
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23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26 And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
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