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1 Kings 17

1 Kings 17:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And she went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and did
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
according to the saying
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of Elijah
'Eliyah (Hebrew #452)
from 410 and 3050; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
KJV usage: Elijah, Eliah.
Pronounce: ay-lee-yaw'
Origin: or prolonged tEliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}
: and she, and he, and her 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
, did eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
ηmany days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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η
or, a full year.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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did according.
Gen. 6:22• 22Thus did Noah according to all that God commanded him, so did he. (Gen. 6:22)
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Gen. 12:4• 4And Abram departed, as Jehovah had spoken unto him. And Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. (Gen. 12:4)
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Gen. 22:3• 3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. (Gen. 22:3)
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2 Chron. 20:20• 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth towards the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Jehovah your God, and ye shall be established; believe his prophets, and ye shall prosper! (2 Chron. 20:20)
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Matt. 15:28• 28Then Jesus in answer said to her, O woman, great [is] thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wiliest. And her daughter was healed from that hour. (Matt. 15:28)
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Mark 12:43• 43and he called to [him] his disciples, and said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow hath cast more in than all who have cast into the treasury; (Mark 12:43)
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John 11:40• 40Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? (John 11:40)
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Rom. 4:19‑20• 19And not being weak in faith, he considered [not] his own body now dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,
 20yet as to the promise of God wavered not through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, (Rom. 4:19‑20)
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Heb. 11:7‑8,17• 7By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith.
 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 17By faith Abraham when tried offered up Isaac, and he that received to himself the promises was offering his only-begotten (Heb. 11:7‑8,17)
many days.
or, a full year.
• Elijah’s words stirred up the faith that lay in her heart. (“Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath: 1 Kings 17:8-24” by H.L. Rossier)
• This widow’s faith is of the same kind and quality as that of the prophet; consequently she follows the same path he does. It is always so: “And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah” (1 Kings 17:5). (“Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath: 1 Kings 17:8-24” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole yeard.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "days."

W. Kelly Translation

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And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.