What Does 1 Kings 18:36 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And it came to pass at the time of the offering”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“of the evening sacrifice”

a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

“came near”

to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati

“that Elijah”

elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites

“the prophet”

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“LORD”

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

“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

“of Abraham”

abraham, the later name of abram

“Isaac”

jitschak (or isaac), son of abraham

“and of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“this day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“let it be known”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“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

“and of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

i

“and that I am thy servant”

a servant

“all these things at thy word”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“and that I have done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all these things at thy word”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

these or those