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1 Kings 3

1 Kings 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
is in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of thy people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
which thou hast chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
k, a great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, that cannot bel numbered
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
nor counted
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
for multitude
rob (Hebrew #7230)
abundance (in any respect)
KJV usage: abundance(- antly), all, X common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), X very (age).
Pronounce: robe
Origin: from 7231
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Deut. 7:6• 6For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (Deut. 7:6)
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Gen. 13:16• 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (Gen. 13:16)

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thy people.
Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Deut. 7:6‑8• 6For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
 7Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
 8but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:6‑8)
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1 Sam. 12:22• 22For Jehovah will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people. (1 Sam. 12:22)
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Psa. 78:71• 71From behind suckling [ewes] he brought him{HR}To feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance. (Psa. 78:71)
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Gen. 13:16• 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (Gen. 13:16)
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Gen. 15:5• 5This shall not be thine heir, but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars if thou be able to number them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Gen. 15:5)
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Gen. 22:17• 17that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Gen. 22:17)
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1 Chron. 21:2,5‑6• 2And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
 5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were eleven hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
 6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them. The king's word was abominable to Joab. (1 Chron. 21:2,5‑6)
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1 Chron. 27:23‑24• 23And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.
 24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he did not finish; and there fell wrath for it upon Israel; and the number was not put in the account of the chronicles of king David. (1 Chron. 27:23‑24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)