King James Version
1 Samuel 4:22 in the King James Version says “And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.”
1 Samuel 4:22 · KJV
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. neither: Heb. set not her heart
And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. Ichabod: that is, Where is the glory? or, There is no glory
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
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“is departed”
H1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
“The glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“from Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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