1 Samuel 2:4

King James 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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King James 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{H8735)}.
Ps 46:9 : 9 He maketh wars to cease{H8688)} unto the end of the earth; he breaketh{H8762)} the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder{H8765)}; he burneth{H8799)} the chariot in the fire.
Ps 76:3 : 3 There brake{H8765)} he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Heb 11:34 : 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} the righteous.
Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they 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 should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
2 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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