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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 
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Bible Verse Dictionary

Judges 18:19 - Better

Judges 18:19 - And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Verse Strongs No. Hebrew
And they said H559 אָמַר
unto him Hold thy peace H2790 חָרַשׁ
lay H7760 שׂוּם
thine hand H3027 יָד
upon H5921 עַל
thy mouth H6310 פֶּה
and go H1980 הָלַךְ
with H5973 עִם
us and be H1961 הָיָה
to us a father H1 אָב
and a priest H3548 כֹּהֵן
is it better H2896 טוֹב
for thee to be H1961 הָיָה
a priest H3548 כֹּהֵן
unto the house H1004 בַּיִת
of one H259 אֶחָד
man H376 אִישׁ
or H176 אוֹ
that thou be H1961 הָיָה
a priest H3548 כֹּהֵן
unto a tribe H7626 שֵׁבֶט
and a family H4940 מִשְׁפָּחָה
in Israel H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵל

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.