What Does 1 Samuel 28:20 Mean?

“straightway”

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication)

“Then Saul”

shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites

“fell”

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

“all”

fulness (literally or figuratively)

“along”

height

“on the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“afraid”

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

“and was sore”

properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or

“because of the words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of Samuel”

shemuel, the name of three israelites

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

“and there was no strength”

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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

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

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“in him for he had eaten”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“no bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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

“all the day”

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

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

“nor all the night”

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity