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1 Chronicles 17

1 Chron. 17:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And yet this was a small thing
qaton (Hebrew #6994)
to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
KJV usage: be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
Pronounce: kaw-tone'
Origin: a primitive root (rather denominative from 6996)
in thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
; for thou hast also spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy servant’s
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
for a great while to come
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
, and hast regarded
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
me according to the estate
towr (Hebrew #8448)
a manner (as a sort of turn)
KJV usage: estate.
Pronounce: tore
Origin: probably the same as 8447
of a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
of high degree
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
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
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Cross References

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a small thing.
1 Chron. 17:7‑8• 7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
 8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. (1 Chron. 17:7‑8)
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2 Sam. 7:19• 19And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? (2 Sam. 7:19)
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2 Sam. 12:8• 8And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. (2 Sam. 12:8)
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2 Kings 3:18• 18And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. (2 Kings 3:18)
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Isa. 49:6• 6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. (Isa. 49:6)
thou hast.
1 Chron. 17:11‑15• 11And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
 12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
 13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
 14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
 15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. (1 Chron. 17:11‑15)
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Eph. 3:20• 20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)
hast regarded.
1 Chron. 17:8• 8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. (1 Chron. 17:8)
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1 Kings 3:13• 13And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. (1 Kings 3:13)
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Psa. 78:70‑72• 70He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
 71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
 72So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. (Psa. 78:70‑72)
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Psa. 89:19‑37• 19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
 20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
 21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
 22The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
 23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
 24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
 25I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
 26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
 27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
 28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
 29His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
 30If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
 31If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
 32Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
 33Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
 34My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
 35Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
 36His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
 37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. (Psa. 89:19‑37)
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Phil. 2:8‑11• 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:8‑11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And this hath been a small thing in thy sight, O God; and thou hast spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, Jehovah Elohim.