King James Version
1 Kings 18:6 in the King James Version says “So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way ...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.”
1 Kings 18:6 · KJV
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) Jezebel: Heb. Izebel
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. that: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“between them to pass throughout”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
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