King James Version
Exodus 35:31 in the King James Version says “And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workm...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 35 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;”
Exodus 35:31 · KJV
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he hath 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
“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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