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1 Kings 11

1 Kings 11:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he had seven
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
, princesses
sarah (Hebrew #8282)
a mistress, i.e. female noble
KJV usage: lady, princess, queen.
Pronounce: saw-raw'
Origin: feminine of 8269
, and three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
concubines
piylegesh (Hebrew #6370)
of uncertain derivation; a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
KJV usage: concubine, paramour.
Pronounce: pee-leh'-ghesh
Origin: or pilegesh {pee-leh'-ghesh}
: and his wives
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
n turned away
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
his heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Deut. 17:17• 17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. (Deut. 17:17)
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Neh. 13:26• 26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. (Neh. 13:26)

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Concubines,
Heart,
Prince; Princess,
Seven,
Three,
Wife

Cross References

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Judg. 8:30‑31• 30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
 31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. (Judg. 8:30‑31)
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Judg. 9:5• 5And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. (Judg. 9:5)
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2 Sam. 3:2‑5• 2And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
 3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
 4And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
 5And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. (2 Sam. 3:2‑5)
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2 Sam. 5:13‑16• 13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
 14And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
 15Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
 16And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. (2 Sam. 5:13‑16)
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2 Chron. 11:21• 21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) (2 Chron. 11:21)
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Eccl. 7:28• 28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. (Eccl. 7:28)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.