What Does 1 Kings 8:39 Mean?

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“Then hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“thou in heaven”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

“place”

properly, a fixture, i.e., a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode

“thy dwelling”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

“and forgive”

to forgive

“and do”

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

“and give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“to every man”

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)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“according to his ways”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“for thou even thou only knowest”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

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

“the hearts”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

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

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“for thou even thou only knowest”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit

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

“the hearts”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“of all the children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of men”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)