What Does 1 Kings 18:44 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 seventh time”

seventh

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

lo!

“cloud”

properly, an envelope, i.e., darkness (or density, 2 chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse

“a little”

abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)

“hand”

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-

“like a man's”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“Behold there ariseth”

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

“out of the sea”

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Behold there ariseth”

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

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto Ahab”

achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon

“Prepare”

to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle

“thy chariot and get thee down”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“stop”

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

“that the rain”

a shower