King James Version
1 Samuel 17:4 in the King James Version says “And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits an...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.”
1 Samuel 17:4 · KJV
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. set: Heb. ranged the battle
And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. armed: Heb. clothed
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. target: or, gorget
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And there went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“a champion”
H376a 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)
“out of the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
“named”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“was six”
H8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
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