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1 Samuel 6

1 Sam. 6:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the golden
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
mice
`akbar (Hebrew #5909)
a mouse (as nibbling)
KJV usage: mouse.
Pronounce: ak-bawr'
Origin: probably from the same as 5908 in the secondary sense of attacking
, according to the number
micpar (Hebrew #4557)
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
KJV usage: + abundance, account, X all, X few, (in-)finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, + time.
Pronounce: mis-pawr'
Origin: from 5608
of all the cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
belonging to the five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
lords
ceren (Hebrew #5633)
an axle; figuratively, a peer
KJV usage: lord, plate.
Pronounce: seh'-ren
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
, both of fenced
mibtsar (Hebrew #4013)
from 1219; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
KJV usage: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
Pronounce: mib-tsawr'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine (Dan. 11:l5) mibtsarah {mib-tsaw-raw'}
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, and of country
praziy (Hebrew #6521)
from 6519; a rustic
KJV usage: village.
Pronounce: per-aw-zee'
Origin: or prowziy {per-o-zee'}
villages
kopher (Hebrew #3724)
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
KJV usage: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
Pronounce: ko'-fer
Origin: from 3722
, even unto the λgreat
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'}
stone of Abel
'Abel (Hebrew #59)
a meadow; Abel, the name of two places in Palestine.
KJV usage: Abel.
Pronounce: aw-bale'
Origin: from 58
, whereon they set down
yanach (Hebrew #3240)
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
Pronounce: yaw-nakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the ark
'arown (Hebrew #727)
from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box
KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Pronounce: aw-rone'
Origin: or laron {aw-rone'}
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
: which stone remaineth unto this day
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
in the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
of Joshua
Yhowshuwa` (Hebrew #3091)
from 3068 and 3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV usage: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare 1954, 3442.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Origin: or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
, the Beth-shemite
Beyth (Hebrew #1030)
a Beth-shimshite, or inhabitant of Bethshemesh
KJV usage: Bethshemite.
Pronounce: hash-Shimshiy
Origin: patrial from 1053 with the article inserted
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or, great stone.

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Abel,
Abel,
Beth-shemite,
Day,
Fenced Cities,
Gold,
Joshua,
Lord,
Mouse,
Philistines,
Stones,
The Great Abel,
Villages

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the five lords.
1 Sam. 6:16• 16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. (1 Sam. 6:16)
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Josh. 13:3• 3From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Josh. 13:3)
great stone of.
or, great stone.
• God’s providence brings David to the king’s court, but before he reigns his faith must be put to the test by all manner of sufferings. He must be the dependent man, the humbled man, despised, hated, persecuted; in the midst of this life of renouncements and strife he will experience that his God is sufficient for everything. (“1 Samuel 16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and villages of the peasantry; and they brought them as far as the great stone of Abela, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, which is to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "peasantry. the great stone is witness." "stone" is in LXX, but in few MSS. "Witness" is conjectural.