1 Samuel 17:16
Strong's Lexicon
For forty
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 705: 1) forty

days
יֽוֹם׃ (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

the Philistine
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י (hap·pə·liš·tî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistine = 'immigrants' 1) an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan

came forward
וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ (way·yig·gaš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5066: 1) to draw near, approach 1a) (Qal) to draw or come near 1a1) of humans 1a1a) of sexual intercourse 1a2) of inanimate subject 1a2a) to approach one another 1b) (Niphal) to draw near 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring 1d) (Hophal) to be brought near 1e) (Hithpael) to draw near

every morning
הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם (haš·kêm)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7925: 1) to rise or start early 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to rise early, make an early start 1a2) early (as adverb)

and evening
וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב (wə·ha·‘ă·rêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6150: 1) to become evening, grow dark 1a) (Qal) to become evening, grow dark 1b) (Hiphil) to spend the evening, do at evening

to take his stand.
וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב (way·yiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3320: 1) to place, set, stand, set or station oneself, present oneself 1a) (Hithpael) to station oneself, take one's stand, stand, present oneself, stand with someone

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

New American Standard Bible
The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

King James Bible
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

New Living Translation
For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.

English Standard Version
For forty days the Philistine came forward and took his stand, morning and evening.

New American Standard Bible
The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

King James Bible
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.

International Standard Version
For 40 days the Philistine would come forward, morning and evening, to take his position.

NET Bible
Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.

American Standard Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

English Revised Version
And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 17:15
But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:17
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 17:14
And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

1 Samuel 17:13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1 Samuel 17:19
Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
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