What Does 1 Samuel 14:22 Mean?

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

“Likewise all the men”

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)

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“which had hid”

to secrete

“themselves in mount”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“Ephraim”

ephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

“when they heard”

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

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

“fled”

to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)

“that the Philistines”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

“even they also followed hard”

properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit

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

they (only used when emphatic)

“after”

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

“them in the battle”

a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)