1 Kings 21:27
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
It cameוַיְהִי֩
(vay·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
about when Ahabאַחְאָ֜ב
(ach·'av)
256: "father's brother," a king of Isr., also a false prophetfrom ach and ab
heardכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ
(chish·mo·a')
8085: to heara prim. root
theseהָאֵ֙לֶּה֙
(ha·'el·leh)
428: thesea prim. pronoun
words,הַדְּבָרִ֤ים
(had·de·va·rim)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
that he toreוַיִּקְרַ֣ע
(vai·yik·ra)
7167: to teara prim. root
his clothesבְּגָדָ֔יו
(be·ga·dav,)
899b: a garment, coveringfrom bagad
and putוַיָּֽשֶׂם־
(vai·ya·sem-)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
on sackclothשַׂ֥ק
(sak)
8242: sack, sackclothof uncertain derivation
and fasted,וַיָּצֹ֑ום
(vai·ya·tzo·vm;)
6684: to abstain from food, fasta prim. root
and he layוַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב
(vai·yish·kav)
7901: to lie downa prim. root
in sackclothבַּשָּׂ֔ק
(bas·sak,)
8242: sack, sackclothof uncertain derivation
and wentוַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ
(vay·hal·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
about despondently.אַֽט׃
(at.)
328: gentlenessfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And it came to pass when Ahab
'Ach'ab  (akh-awb')
brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon -- Ahab.
heard
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
those words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
that he rent
qara`  (kaw-rah')
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) -- cut out, rend, surely, tear.
his clothes
beged  (behg'-ed)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage -- apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
sackcloth
saq  (sak)
a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes).
upon his flesh
basar  (baw-sawr')
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man -- body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
and fasted
tsuwm  (tsoom)
to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast -- at all, fast.
and lay
shakab  (shaw-kab')
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
in sackcloth
saq  (sak)
a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes).
and went
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
softly
'at  (at)
(as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations), (as an adverb) gently -- charmer, gently, secret, softly.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.

International Standard Version
Nevertheless, as soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and wandered around meekly.

NET Bible
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Ahab heard these things, he tore his clothes [in distress] and dressed in sackcloth. He fasted, lay in sackcloth, and walked around depressed.

King James 2000 Bible
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
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