What Does 1 Kings 3:18 Mean?

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

“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

“And it came to pass the third”

third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

“after that I was delivered”

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

“after that I was delivered”

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“that this woman”

a woman

this (often used adverb)

we

“also and we were together”

properly, a unit, i.e., (adverb) unitedly

a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle

“there was no stranger”

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“in the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“save”

probably scattering, i.e., removal; used adverbially, except

“we two”

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

we

“in the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)