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1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For it was so, when θJezebel
'Iyzebel (Hebrew #348)
Izebel, the wife of king Ahab
KJV usage: Jezebel.
Pronounce: ee-zeh'-bel
Origin: from 336 and 2083
cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
the prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
of the 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
, that Obadiah
`Obadyah (Hebrew #5662)
active participle of 5647 and 3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
KJV usage: Obadiah.
Pronounce: o-bad-yaw'
Origin: or mObadyahuw {o-bad-yaw'-hoo}
took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
q an 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'}
prophets
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
, and hid
chaba' (Hebrew #2244)
to secrete
KJV usage: X held, hide (self), do secretly.
Pronounce: khaw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2245)
them by fifty
chamishshiym (Hebrew #2572)
fifty
KJV usage: fifty.
Pronounce: kham-ish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 2568
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
in a cave
m`arah (Hebrew #4631)
a cavern (as dark)
KJV usage: cave, den, hole.
Pronounce: meh-aw-raw'
Origin: from 5783
, and fed
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
them with bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
r and water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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Izebel.
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Neh. 5:15• 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:15)
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Psa. 34:9‑10• 9Fear ye Jehovah, ye his holy ones;{HR}For there is no want to those who fear him.
 10Young lions have been in want{HR}And have suffered hunger;{HR}But those who seek Jehovah shall not lack any good thing. (Psa. 34:9‑10)
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Isa. 33:16• 16he shall dwell on high, his high retreat [shall be] the fortresses of the rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure. (Isa. 33:16)

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Cross References

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Jezebel.
Heb. Izabel.
cut off the prophets.
Neh. 9:26• 26{i}But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.{/i} (Neh. 9:26)
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Matt. 21:35• 35And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one and killed another and stoned another. (Matt. 21:35)
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Rev. 17:4‑6• 4And the woman was clothed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication,
 5and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
 6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder. (Rev. 17:4‑6)
in a cave.
Heb. 11:38• 38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the chinks of the earth. (Heb. 11:38)
fed them.
1 Kings 18:13• 13{i}Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?{/i} (1 Kings 18:13)
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2 Kings 6:22‑23• 22{i}And he said{/i}, Thou shalt not smite them. Wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? Set bread and water before them that they may eat and drink and go to their master.
 23{i}And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And{/i} the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. (2 Kings 6:22‑23)
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Matt. 10:40‑42• 40{i}He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.{/i}
 41{i}He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.{/i}
 42{i}And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.{/i} (Matt. 10:40‑42)
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Matt. 25:35,40• 35For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
 40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me. (Matt. 25:35,40)
bread and water.
1 Kings 13:8‑9,16• 8And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
 9for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
 16And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place. (1 Kings 13:8‑9,16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

W. Kelly Translation

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and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water);