What Does 1 Samuel 14:52 Mean?

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

“war”

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

“And there was sore”

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“against the Philistines”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

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

“all the days”

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 when Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

“saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“and when Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

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

“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)

“any strong”

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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

“man”

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

“or any valiant”

probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

“he took”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

near, with or among; often in general, to