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1 Samuel 17

1 Sam. 17:45 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
to the Philistine
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
, Thou comest
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to me with a sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and with a spear
chaniyth (Hebrew #2595)
a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)
KJV usage: javelin, spear.
Pronounce: khan-eeth'
Origin: from 2583
, and with a shield
kiydown (Hebrew #3591)
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart (perhaps smaller that 2595)
KJV usage: lance, shield, spear, target.
Pronounce: kee-dohn'
Origin: from the same as 3589
: butm I come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to thee in the name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
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
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, the 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
of the armies
ma`arakah (Hebrew #4634)
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
KJV usage: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
Pronounce: mah-ar-aw-kaw'
Origin: feminine of 4633
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, whom thou hast defied
charaph. (Hebrew #2778)
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter
KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Pronounce: khaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
n.
m
2 Sam. 22:33,35• 33*God is my strong fortress, And he maketh my way perfectly smooth.
 35He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass. (2 Sam. 22:33,35)
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Psa. 124:8• 8Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth. (Psa. 124:8)
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Psa. 125:1• 1A Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. (Psa. 125:1)
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2 Cor. 3:5• 5not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God; (2 Cor. 3:5)
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Heb. 11:33• 33who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths, (Heb. 11:33)
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1 Sam. 17:10• 10And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. (1 Sam. 17:10)

More on:

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David,
God,
Israel,
Lord of Hosts,
Philistines,
Shield,
Spears,
Sword

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Thou comest.
Psa. 44:6• 6For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. (Psa. 44:6)
in the name.
2 Sam. 22:33‑35• 33*God is my strong fortress, And he maketh my way perfectly smooth.
 34He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, And setteth me upon my high places.
 35He teacheth my hands to war, And mine arms bend a bow of brass. (2 Sam. 22:33‑35)
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2 Chron. 32:8• 8with him is an arm of flesh, but with us is Jehovah our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people depended upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (2 Chron. 32:8)
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Psa. 3:8• 8Salvation is of Jehovah; thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:8)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my *God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 20:5‑7• 5We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our God will we set up our banners. Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions!
 6Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; he answereth him from the heavens of his holiness, with the saving strength of his right hand.
 7Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God. (Psa. 20:5‑7)
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Psa. 118:10‑11• 10All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
 11They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. (Psa. 118:10‑11)
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Psa. 124:8• 8Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth. (Psa. 124:8)
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Psa. 125:1• 1A Song of degrees. They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever. (Psa. 125:1)
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Prov. 18:10• 10The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Prov. 18:10)
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2 Cor. 3:5• 5not that we are competent of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our competency is of God; (2 Cor. 3:5)
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2 Cor. 10:4• 4For the arms of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful according to God to the overthrow of strongholds; (2 Cor. 10:4)
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Phil. 4:13• 13I have strength for all things in him that gives me power. (Phil. 4:13)
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Heb. 11:33‑34• 33who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,
 34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made the armies of strangers give way. (Heb. 11:33‑34)
defied.
1 Sam. 17:10,26,36• 10And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
 26And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that smites this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
 36Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. (1 Sam. 17:10,26,36)
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Isa. 37:23,28• 23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. (Isa. 37:23,28)
• To glorify this God whom Satan had dishonored: such was David’s purpose, and such was Christ’s purpose. (“1 Samuel 17” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with javelin; but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armiesb of Israel, whomc thou hast defied.

JND Translation Notes

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b
"ranks," as vers. 10,26,36.
c
Or "which."