1 Samuel 2:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

Transliteration

qešet gibbōrîm ḥattîm, and nikšālîm ʾāzrû ḥāyil.

Grammar Details

*qešet*: noun feminine singular construct - bow of
*gibbōrîm*: adjective masculine plural - mighty men
*ḥattîm*: Qal passive participle masculine plural - broken/shattered
*nikšālîm*: Niphal participle masculine plural - stumbling ones/those who stumble
*ʾāzrû*: Qal perfect 3rd person plural - are girded/clothed
*ḥāyil*: noun masculine singular - strength/might/power

Word Meanings

*gibbōrîm*: mighty men/warriors/heroes
*ḥattîm*: broken/shattered/dismayed
*nikšālîm*: those who stumble/fail/are weak
*ʾāzrû*: are girded/clothed/surrounded
*ḥāyil*: strength/might/valor

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.
Ps 76:3 : 3 There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. {H5542}
Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.
Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
Isa 10:4 : 4 They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in the body the dying of {G2962} Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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