What Does 1 Samuel 16:23 Mean?

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

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

“And it came to pass when the evil spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“from God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

near, with or among; often in general, to

“so Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

“took”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“that David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

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

“an harp”

a harp

“and played”

properly, to thrum, i.e., beat a tune with the fingers; expectation. to play on a stringed instrument; hence (generally), to make music

“with his hand”

a 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

“was refreshed”

properly, to breathe freely, i.e., revive; by implication, to have ample room

“so Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

“and was well”

to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense

“departed”

to turn off (literally or figuratively)

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

“And it came to pass when the evil spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“and the evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)