What Does 1 Kings 17:21 Mean?

“And he stretched”

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“I pray thee let this child's”

something born, i.e., a lad or offspring

“three”

three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

“times”

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

“and cried”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“my God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“I pray thee let this child's”

something born, i.e., a lad or offspring

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“into him”

properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)