King James Version
1 Kings 8:41 in the King James Version says “Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;”
1 Kings 8:41 · KJV
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. this: Heb. thy name is called upon this house
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properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“Moreover concerning a stranger”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that is not of thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“of a far”
H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
“for”
H4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“thy ~'s”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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