King James Version
1 Samuel 16:8 in the King James Version says “Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.”
1 Samuel 16:8 · KJV
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. Eliab: called Elihu
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. outward: Heb. eyes
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“and made him pass”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Neither hath the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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