What Does 1 Kings 19:20 Mean?

“And he left”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

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

“the oxen”

a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

“and ran”

to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“Elijah”

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

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Let me I pray thee kiss”

to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“my father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“and my mother”

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“and then I will follow”

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

“again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

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

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“for what have I done”

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