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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 made his pillows, and set it [for] a pillar and poured oil upon its top.
 19And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city was Luz at 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 early in the morning, and took the stone that he made his pillows, and set it [for] a pillar and poured oil upon its top.
 19And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city was Luz at first. (Gen. 28:18‑19)
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Gen. 31:45‑52• 45And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
 46And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap and ate there on the heap.
 47And Laban called it Jagar-sahadutha , and Jacob called it Galeed.
 48And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore is its name called Galeed
 49and Mizpah ; for he said, Watch, Jehovah, between me and thee, when we are hidden one from another.
 50If thou afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt 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.
 52This heap [be] witness and the pillar [be] witness, that I pass not over this heap to thee, and that thou pass not over this heap and this pillar 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 talked with him, a pillar of stone; and he poured on it a drink-offering, and he poured on it oil. (Gen. 35:14)
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Josh. 4:9,20‑24• 9{i}And 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.{/i}
 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 Jehovah your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as Jehovah 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 Jehovah, that it is mighty: that ye might fear Jehovah your God forever. (Josh. 4:9,20‑24)
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Josh. 24:26‑27• 26{i}And 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.{/i}
 27{i}And 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.{/i} (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 the word of Samuel came to all Israel. (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 Jehovah it shall 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;{HR}From my mother's bowels thou didst take me out;{HR}Of (in) thee [is] my praise continually.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous 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, who have been borne [by me] from the belly, who have been carried from the womb:
 4even to old age I [am] He, and to hoary hairs will I carry [you]: I 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 obtained help that is from God I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said should come, (Acts 26:22)
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2 Cor. 1:10• 10who delivered us from so great a death, and doth e deliver, in whom we have hope 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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Or "the rock"; lit. "tooth." see ch. 14.4. ("sharp"), 5.
b
See ch. 4.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us.