What Does 1 Samuel 17:36 Mean?

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

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

“both the lion”

a lion

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

“and the bear”

the bear (as slow)

“slew”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

“Thy servant”

a servant

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

“Philistine”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

“and this uncircumcised”

properly, exposed, i.e., projecting loose (as to the prepuce); used only technically, uncircumcised (i.e., still having the prepuce uncurtailed)

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“shall be as one”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

they (only used when emphatic)

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

“of them seeing he hath defied”

to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;

“the armies”

an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array

“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

“of the living”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin