King James Version
1 Kings 18:37 in the King James Version says “Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart ba...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.”
1 Kings 18:37 · KJV
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. ran: Heb. went
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
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“Hear”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“Hear”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“me that this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“God”
H430gods 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 that thou hast turned”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
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