KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 17:7–8
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1 Samuel 17:7
7And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
7And the staffe of his speare was like a weauers beame, and his speares head weighed sixe hundred shekels of yron: and one bearing a shield, went before him.
1 Samuel 17:8
8And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
8And hee stood and cried vnto the armies of Israel, and said vnto them, Why are yee come out to set your battell in aray? am not I a Philistine, and you seruants to Saul? chuse you a man for you, and let him come downe to me.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 17:7
A long weapon with a pointed head.
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Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828
One who weaves, especially one whose occupation is weaving.
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A large, long piece of timber used as a support, bar, or weaver's beam.
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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
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Measured, apportioned, or having weight ascertained by scales, balance, or stated standard.
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The number following five and preceding seven.
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The number equal to ten times ten.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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Supporting; carrying; producing.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
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1 Samuel 17:8
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
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A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
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Ordered arrangement, especially a battle formation.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To select or prefer from among alternatives.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
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To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
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Open the full verse study23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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Open the full verse study41And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
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Open the full verse study5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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Open the full verse study3And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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Open the full verse study26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
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Open the full verse study11And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
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