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1 Samuel 7

1 Sam. 7:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Samuel
Shmuw'el (Hebrew #8050)
heard of God; Shemuel, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Samuel, Shemuel.
Pronounce: sehm-oo-ale'
Origin: from the passive participle of 8085 and 410
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
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'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
b, and set
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
it between Mizpeh
Mitspah (Hebrew #4709)
Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Mitspah. (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of 4708 when "in pause".)
Pronounce: mits-paw'
Origin: feminine of 4708
and Shen
Shen (Hebrew #8129)
crag; Shen, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shen.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: the same as 8127
, and called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
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 it μEben-ezer
'Eben (Hebrew #72)
stone of the help; Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Ebenezer.
Pronounce: ha-`ezer
Origin: from 68 and 5828 with the article inserted
, saying
'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
, Hitherto hath 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
helped
`azar (Hebrew #5826)
to surround, i.e. protect or aid
KJV usage: help, succour.
Pronounce: aw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Gen. 28:18‑19• 18And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:18‑19)
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i.e. The stone of help.

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Eben-ezer,
Mizpeh,
Samuel,
Shen,
Stones

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Ministry on This Verse

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took a stone.
Gen. 28:18‑19• 18And Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had made his pillow, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but the name of that city was Luz at the first. (Gen. 28:18‑19)
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Gen. 31:45‑52• 45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
 46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones. And they took stones, and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, and Jacob called it Galeed.
 48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
 49--and Mizpah; for he said, Let Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we shall be hidden one from another:
 50if thou shouldest afflict my daughters, or if thou shouldest take wives besides my daughters,--no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and thee!
 51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between me and thee:
 52let this heap be witness, and the pillar a witness, that neither I pass this heap to go to thee, nor thou pass this heap and this pillar to come to me, for harm. (Gen. 31:45‑52)
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Gen. 35:14• 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured on it a drink-offering, and poured oil on it. (Gen. 35:14)
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Josh. 4:9,20‑24• 9And twelve stones did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood firm; and they are there to this day.
 20And those twelve stones which they had taken out of the Jordan did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
 21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?
 22then ye shall let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel come over this Jordan;
 23because Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye had passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;
 24that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually. (Josh. 4:9,20‑24)
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Josh. 24:26‑27• 26And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Jehovah.
 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us, for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spoke unto us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. (Josh. 24:26‑27)
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Isa. 19:19• 19In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah: (Isa. 19:19)
Ebenezer.
that is, The stone of help.
1 Sam. 4:1• 1And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. (1 Sam. 4:1)
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1 Sam. 5:1• 1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod. (1 Sam. 5:1)
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Gen. 22:14• 14And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh; as it is said at the present day, On the mount of Jehovah will be provided. (Gen. 22:14)
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Ex. 17:15• 15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi. (Ex. 17:15)
Hitherto.
Psa. 71:6,17• 6On thee have I been stayed from the womb; from the bowels of my mother thou didst draw me forth: my praise shall be continually of thee.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works: (Psa. 71:6,17)
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Isa. 46:3‑4• 3Hearken unto me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, ye who have been borne from the belly, who have been carried from the womb:
 4Even to old age, I am HE, and unto hoary hairs I will carry you: It is I that have made, and I will bear, and I will carry, and will deliver. (Isa. 46:3‑4)
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Acts 26:22• 22Having therefore met with the help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen, (Acts 26:22)
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2 Cor. 1:10• 10who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:10)
• Ebenezer, already mentioned in 1 Sam. 4:1, does not receive its name until after this victory. (“1 Samuel 7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shena, and called the name of it Eben-ezerb, and said, Hitherto Jehovah has helped us.

JND Translation Notes

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a
Or "the rock"; lit. "tooth." see ch. 14.4. ("sharp"), 5.
b
See ch. 4.1.