What Does Job 1:5 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

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

“were gone about”

to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e., surround or circulate

“And it was so when the days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“of their feasting”

drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast

“sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“Job”

ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

“and sanctified”

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

“them and rose up early”

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning

“in the morning”

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

“and offered”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“burnt offerings”

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

“according to the number”

a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration

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

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

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Job”

ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

“It may be”

if not; hence perhaps

“have sinned”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

“that my sons”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“and cursed”

to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as

“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

“in their hearts”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

just so, referring to the previous or following context

“Thus did”

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

“Job”

ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

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

“And it was so when the days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso