EXODUS 18:1

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;”

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Exodus 18:1 Translation & Meaning

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When Jethro, יִתְר֨וֹ Jethro, Moses' father-in-law Jethro
the priest כֹהֵ֤ן Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) priest
of Midian, מִדְיָן֙ Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants Midian
Moses' מֹשֶׁ֔ה Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
father in law, חֹתֵ֣ן To give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage father law
heard וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) heard
of all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
that אֲשֶׁ֨ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
God אֱלֹהִים֙ Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
had done עָשָׂ֤ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application done
for Moses, לְמֹשֶׁ֔ה Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver Moses
and for Israel וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
his people, עַמּ֑וֹ A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock people
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
that כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed that
the Lord יְהוָ֛ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
had brought הוֹצִ֧יא To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim brought
Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
out of Egypt; מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt out Egypt

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  • 1  When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;

  • 2  Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

  • 3  And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:




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