King James Version
Exodus 31:3 in the King James Version says “And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of wo...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,”
Exodus 31:3 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I have filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him with the spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“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
“and in understanding”
H8394intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and in all manner of workmanship”
H4399properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
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