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1 Samuel 4

1 Sam. 4:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
fought
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
, and 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'
j was smitten
nagaph (Hebrew #5062)
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
KJV usage: beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, X surely, put to the worse.
Pronounce: naw-gaf'
Origin: a primitive root
, and they fled
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
every man
'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)
into his tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
: and there was a very
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
slaughter
makkah (Hebrew #4347)
(plural only) from 5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
KJV usage: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).
Pronounce: mak-kaw'
Origin: or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}
; for there fell
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
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'
thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
footmen
ragliy (Hebrew #7273)
a footman (soldier)
KJV usage: (on) foot(- man).
Pronounce: rag-lee'
Origin: from 7272
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Psa. 78:60‑64• 60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
 61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
 62He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
 63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
 64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. (Psa. 78:60‑64)

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Cross References

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Israel.
1 Sam. 4:2• 2And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. (1 Sam. 4:2)
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Lev. 26:17• 17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. (Lev. 26:17)
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Deut. 28:25• 25The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. (Deut. 28:25)
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Psa. 78:9,60‑64• 9The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
 60So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
 61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
 62He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
 63The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
 64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. (Psa. 78:9,60‑64)
every man.
2 Sam. 20:1• 1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. (2 Sam. 20:1)
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1 Kings 12:16• 16So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. (1 Kings 12:16)
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1 Kings 22:36• 36And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. (1 Kings 22:36)
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2 Kings 14:12• 12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. (2 Kings 14:12)
a very great.
2 Sam. 18:7• 7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. (2 Sam. 18:7)
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2 Chron. 13:17• 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. (2 Chron. 13:17)
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2 Chron. 28:5‑6• 5Wherefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
 6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. (2 Chron. 28:5‑6)
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Isa. 10:3‑6• 3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
 4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
 5O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
 6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. (Isa. 10:3‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the Philistines fought, and Israel was routed, and they fled every man to his tentd; and there was a very great slaughter, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "home." so chs. 13.2; 17.54.