Bible Verse Dictionary
1 Samuel 15:22 - Sacrifices
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Samuel | H8050 | שְׁמוּאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] heard of God; {Shemuel} the name of three Israelites |
said | H559 | אָמַר |
[Verb] to say (used with great latitude) |
Hath the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
as great delight | H2656 | חֵפֶץ |
[Noun Masculine] pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind) |
in burnt offerings | H5930 | עֹלָה |
[Noun Feminine] a step or (collectively {stairs} as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) |
and sacrifices | H2077 | זֶבַח |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {slaughter} that {is} the flesh of an animal; by implication a sacrifice (the victim or the act) |
as in obeying | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
the voice | H6963 | קוֹל |
[Noun Masculine] a voice or sound |
of the LORD | H3068 | יְהֹוָה |
[Proper Name] (the) self Existent or eternal; {Jehovah} Jewish national name of God |
Behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
to obey | H8085 | שָׁמַע |
[Verb] to hear intelligently (often with implication of {attention} {obedience} etc.; causatively to {tell} etc.) |
is better | H2896 | טוֹב |
[Adjective] good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a {noun} both in the masculine and the {feminine} the singular and the plural ({good } a good or good {thing} a good man or woman; the {good} goods or good {things} good men or {women}) also as an adverb (well) |
than sacrifice | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
and to hearken | H7181 | קָשַׁב |
[Verb] to prick up the {ears} that {is} hearken |
than the fat | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of rams | H352 | אַיִל |
[Noun Masculine] properly strength; hence anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.