1 Kings 19:18

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Still, I will spare seven thousand in Isra'el, every knee that hasn't bent down before Ba'al and every mouth that has not kissed him."

Berean Standard Bible:

Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

American Standard Version:

Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Yet I have left{H7604} me seven{H7651} thousand{H505} in Israel{H3478}, all the knees{H1290} which have not bowed{H3766} unto Baal{H1168}, and every mouth{H6310} which hath not kissed{H5401} him.

Cross-References (KJV):

Romans 11:4

  • But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal.

Romans 11:5

  • Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Isaiah 1:9

  • Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Isaiah 10:20

  • ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 10:22

  • For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

Hosea 13:2

  • And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Philippians 2:10

  • That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;

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Commentary for 1 Kings 19:18

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7604
    There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁאַר
    Transliteration: shâʼar
    Pronunciation: shaw-ar'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant; leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
  2. Strong's Number: H7651
    There are 345 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שֶׁבַע
    Transliteration: shebaʻ
    Pronunciation: sheh'-bah
    Description: or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.
  3. Strong's Number: H505
    There are 496 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶלֶף
    Transliteration: ʼeleph
    Pronunciation: eh'-lef
    Description: prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
  4. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  5. Strong's Number: H1290
    There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בֶּרֶךְ
    Transliteration: berek
    Pronunciation: beh'-rek
    Description: from בָרַךְ; a knee; knee.
  6. Strong's Number: H3766
    There are 32 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּרַע
    Transliteration: kâraʻ
    Pronunciation: kaw-rah'
    Description: a primitive root; to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate; bow (down, self), bring down (low), cast down, couch, fall, feeble, kneeling, sink, smite (stoop) down, subdue, [idiom] very.
  7. Strong's Number: H1168
    There are 68 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּעַל
    Transliteration: Baʻal
    Pronunciation: bah'-al
    Description: the same as בַּעַל; Baal, a Phoenician deity; Baal, (plural) Baalim.
  8. Strong's Number: H6310
    There are 460 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פֶּה
    Transliteration: peh
    Pronunciation: peh
    Description: from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
  9. Strong's Number: H5401
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָשַׁק
    Transliteration: nâshaq
    Pronunciation: naw-shak'
    Description: a primitive root (identical with נָשַׂק, through the idea of fastening up; compare חָזַק, חָשַׁק); to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons; armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.