King James Version
Psalms 105:42 in the King James Version says “For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 105 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.”
Psalms 105:42 · KJV
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: gladness: Heb. singing
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For he remembered”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“promise”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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