1st Kings 18:4
For when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took an hundred prophets, and hid them, by fifties and fifties, in dens, and fed them with bread and water.This verse in the real world
In what words
- עֹבַדְיָהʻÔbadyâhObadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
- אִיזֶבֶלʼÎyzebelIzebel, the wife of king Ahab
- חָבָאchâbâʼto secrete
- כּוּלkûwlproperly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
- מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâha cavern (as dark)
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- כָּרַתkârathto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to cov
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 18:13, Mat 10:40–42, Rev 17:4–6, Heb 11:38, Mat 25:40, Mat 21:35, Neh 9:26, Mat 25:35