What Does 1 Samuel 9:6 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

lo!

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“a man”

a 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)

“of 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

“unto him Behold now there is in this city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

this (often used adverb)

“a man”

a 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)

“and he is an honourable”

to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same

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

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“all that he saith”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“cometh”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“cometh”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“that we should go”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

if not; hence perhaps

“thither peradventure he can shew”

properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to

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

“us our way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that we should go”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications