King James Version
1 Kings 17:22 in the King James Version says “And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.”
1 Kings 17:22 · KJV
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. stretched: Heb. measured into: Heb. into his inward parts
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“of Elijah”
H452elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
“again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“and the soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“into him”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“and he revived”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
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