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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 up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called 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

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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took a stone.
Gen. 28:18‑19• 18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
 19And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called 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 unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but 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;
 49And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
 50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
 51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
 52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto 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 talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. (Gen. 35:14)
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Josh. 4:9,20‑24• 9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
 20And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
 21And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
 22Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
 23For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
 24That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever. (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 an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
 27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto 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 the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord. (Isa. 19:19)
Ebenezer.
that is, The stone of help.
1 Sam. 4:1• 1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched 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 unto 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 to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen. (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• 6By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. (Psa. 71:6,17)
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Isa. 46:3‑4• 3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
 4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. (Isa. 46:3‑4)
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Acts 26:22• 22Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: (Acts 26:22)
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2 Cor. 1:10• 10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; (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.