KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 13:19–22
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1 Samuel 13:19
19¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
19¶ Now there was no smith found thorowout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrewes make them swords or speares.
1 Samuel 13:20
20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
20But all the Israelites went downe to the Philistines, to sharpen euery man his share and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattocke.
1 Samuel 13:21
21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
21Yet they had a †file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forkes, and for the axes, and †to sharpen the goads.
- Hebr. a file with mouthes.
- Heb. to set.
1 Samuel 13:22
22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
22So it came to passe in the day of battell, that there was neither sword nor speare found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Ionathan: but with Saul & with Ionathan his sonne was there found.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 13:19
Literally, the striker, the beater; hence, one who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Members of the Hebrew people.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 13:20
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
Israelites
Descendants or people of Israel; members of the nation of Israel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To make sharp; to give a keen edge or a fine point to a thing; to edge; to point.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The cutting blade of a plow; a plowshare.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The iron cutting part of a plough, placed before the share to cut the soil.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A tool to grub up weeds or roots; a grubbing hoe.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 13:21
A hard, rough-surfaced tool used for smoothing or sharpening.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The iron cutting part of a plough, placed before the share to cut the soil.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To render more keen; to make more eager for food or for any gratification.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pointed rods used to urge animals forward; by figure, sharp inducements or provocations.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 13:22
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Except; excluding all others or alternatives.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
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Open the full verse study8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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Open the full verse study16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
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Open the full verse study8They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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Open the full verse study27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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Open the full verse study47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.
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Open the full verse study50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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Open the full verse study7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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Open the full verse study6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
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