1 Kings 8:60

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֗עַן דַּ֚עַת כָּל־עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֖ין עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

For-maʿan daʿat all-ʿammê the-ʾāreṣ that YHWH he the-ʾĕlōhîm; ʾên ʿôd.

Grammar Details

• *maʿan*: preposition - for the purpose of
• *daʿat*: Qal infinitive construct - to know
• *ʿammê*: noun, masculine plural construct - peoples of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God/gods
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *ʿôd*: adverb - more/still/yet

Word Meanings

• *maʿan*: for the purpose of/in order that
• *daʿat*: to know/to recognize/to acknowledge
• *ʿammê*: peoples of/nations of
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/deity
• *ʾên*: there is not/there is no
• *ʿôd*: more/still/besides/another

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
• Josh 4:24 : 24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
• 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
• Jer 10:10-12 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
• 2 Kgs 19:19 : 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
• 1 Sam 17:46 : 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
• Deut 4:39 : 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
• Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
• Isa 44:24 : 24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
• Isa 45:5-6 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Joel 2:27 : 27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.