King James Version
1 Chronicles 11:21 in the King James Version says “Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.”
1 Chronicles 11:21 · KJV
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. that have: Heb. with their lives?
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. who had: Heb. great of deeds
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. great: Heb. measure
KJV Study — Public Domain
“he was more honourable”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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