What Does Exodus 18:1 Mean?

“heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“When Jethro”

jethro, moses' father-in-law

“the priest”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

“of Midian”

midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

“father in law”

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

“Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

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

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

“had done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“of all that 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

“Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“his people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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

“had brought”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

“and that the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

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

“Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“out of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt