King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:19 in the King James Version says “When ye were but few , even a few, and strangers in it. few, even: Heb. men of number, etc” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When ye were but few , even a few, and strangers in it. few, even: Heb. men of number, etc”
1 Chronicles 16:19 · KJV
And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; the lot: Heb. the cord
When ye were but few , even a few, and strangers in it. few, even: Heb. men of number, etc
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“When ye were but few”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
“and strangers”
H1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
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