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For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
For it was [so] when Jezebel Jezebel Noun H348 אִיזֶ֔בֶל i·ze·vel,
Analysis:
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cut off be chewed Verb H3772 בְּהַכְרִ֣ית be·hach·rit
the prophets prophecy Noun H5030 נְבִיאֵ֣י ne·vi·'ei
of the LORD Jehovah Noun H3068 יְהוָ֑ה Yah·weh
that Obadiah Obadiah Noun H5662 עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ o·vad·ya·hu
took accept Verb H3947 וַיִּקַּ֨ח vai·yik·kach
an hundred hundredfold Noun H3967 מֵאָ֣ה me·'ah
prophets prophecy Noun H5030 נְבִאִ֗ים ne·vi·'im
and hid held Verb H2244 וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם vai·yach·bi·'em
fifties fifty Noun H2572 חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים cha·mi·shim
in a cave cave Noun H4631 בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה bam·me·'a·rah,
and fed can Verb H3557 וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם ve·chil·ke·lam
them with bread bread Noun H3899 לֶ֥חֶם le·chem
waste waste Noun H4325 וָמָֽיִם׃ va·ma·yim.

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Jezebel

Jezebel Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and the alliance was in this case of a peculiarly disastrous kind. Jezebel has stamped her name on history as the representative of all that is designing,... View Details

Lord

Lord [N] [B] [S] There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.    Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in  Exodus 6:3 ;  Psalms 83:18 ;  Isaiah 12:2 ;  26:4 , both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.&nb... View Details

Lord

Lord [N] [B] [S] There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.    Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in  Exodus 6:3 ;  Psalms 83:18 ;  Isaiah 12:2 ;  26:4 , both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.&nb... View Details

Lord

Lord [N] [B] [S] There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.    Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in  Exodus 6:3 ;  Psalms 83:18 ;  Isaiah 12:2 ;  26:4 , both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.&nb... View Details

Lord

Lord [N] [B] [S] There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.    Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in  Exodus 6:3 ;  Psalms 83:18 ;  Isaiah 12:2 ;  26:4 , both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.&nb... View Details

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King James Bible For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Hebrew Greek English For it was so, for when Jezebel cut off destroyed the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an a hundred prophets, prophets and hid them by fifty fifties in a cave, and fed provided them with bread and water.)
New American Standard Bible 1995 For it was so, for when Jezebel cut off destroyed the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an a hundred prophets, prophets and hid them by fifty fifties in a cave, and fed provided them with bread and water.)