King James Version
1 Kings 8:42 in the King James Version says “(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pr...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“(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;”
1 Kings 8:42 · KJV
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
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: toward the city: Heb. the way of the city
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For they shall hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“~”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“arm”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
“and of thy stretched out”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
“and pray”
H6419to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
“toward this house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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