Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Samuel 15:21 - Sheep
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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But the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
took | H3947 | לָקַח |
[Verb] to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
of the spoil | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
sheep | H6629 | צֹאן |
[Noun Feminine] a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) |
and oxen | H1241 | בָּקָר |
[Noun Masculine] a beeve or animal of the ox kind of either gender (as used for ploughing); collectively a herd |
the chief | H7225 | רֵאשִׁית |
[Noun Feminine] the {first} in {place} {time} order or rank (specifically a firstfruit) |
of the things which should have been utterly destroyed | H2764 | חֵרֶם |
[Noun Masculine] physically (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination |
to sacrifice | H2076 | זָבַח |
[Verb] to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) |
unto the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
thy God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
in Gilgal | H1537 | גִּלְגָּל |
[Proper Name Location] {Gilgal} the name of three places in Palestine |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.