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1 Kings 8:27

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And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.	But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?	Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But will God^H430 indeed^H552 dwell^H3427 on the earth^H776? behold, the heaven^H8064 and heaven^H8064 of heavens^H8064 cannot contain^H3557 thee; how much less^H637 this house^H1004 that I have builded^H1129?

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Original Hebrew

כִּי הַאֻמְנָם יֵשֵׁב אֱלֹהִים עַל־הָאָרֶץ הִנֵּה הַשָּׁמַיִם וּשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם לֹא יְכַלְכְּלוּךָ אַף כִּי־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּנִיתִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֚י	ki	H3588	HC	for
הַֽ/אֻמְנָ֔ם	ha./'um.Nam	H552	HTi/D	¿/ really
יֵשֵׁ֥ב	ye.Shev	H3427	HVqi3ms	will he dwell
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
הִ֠נֵּה	Hi.neh	H2009	HTm	here!
הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִם	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
וּ/שְׁמֵ֤י	u./she.Mei	H8064	HC/Ncmpc	and/ (the) heavens of
הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙	ha./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ heavens
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יְכַלְכְּל֔וּ/ךָ	ye.khal.ke.Lu./kha	H3557	HVli3mp/Sp2ms	they contain/ you
אַ֕ף	'af	H637	HTa	indeed?
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
הַ/בַּ֥יִת	ha./Ba.yit	H1004	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ house
הַ/זֶּ֖ה	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בָּנִֽיתִי	ba.Ni.ti	H1129	HVqp1cs	I have built

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H552 — אֻמְנָם (ʼumnâm, oom-nawm'): an orthographical variation of אׇמְנָם; {verily}; in (very) deed; of a surety.
• H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3557 — כּוּל (kûwl, kool): a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses); (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• But will — 2 Chronicles 6:18, Isaiah 66:1, John 1:14, Acts 7:48-49, Acts 17:24, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 John 3:1
• the heaven — Deuteronomy 10:14, 2 Chronicles 2:6, Psalms 113:4, Psalms 139:7-16, Jeremiah 23:24, 2 Corinthians 12:2

Reciprocal references (28): Exodus 15:2, Leviticus 26:11, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 26:15, 2 Samuel 6:9, 1 Kings 6:13, 1 Chronicles 13:12, 1 Chronicles 17:5, 1 Chronicles 23:25, Ezra 1:2, Nehemiah 9:5, Nehemiah 9:6, Job 9:14, Job 35:5, Job 36:26, Psalms 8:1, Psalms 18:6, Psalms 33:14, Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:14, Psalms 148:4, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 63:15, Daniel 2:11, Matthew 23:21, Acts 17:27, Revelation 21:3, Revelation 21:22

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DEDICATION, OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE, PRAYER, SOLOMON
• Torrey’s: GOD, TEMPLE, THE FIRST
• Nave’s: GOD, PRAYER, SIN

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