King James Version
1 Kings 17:3 in the King James Version says “Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.”
1 Kings 17:3 · King James Version
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. Elijah: Heb. Elijahu: Gr. Elias
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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“thee hence and turn”
H6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e., appear, look, etc
“thee eastward”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
“thyself by the brook”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“that is before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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