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1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth.

KJV

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
כֹה֩khohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֨ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
כַּ֤דkad[the] jar ofH3537 →
הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ha.Ke.mach<the> flourH7058 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תִכְלָ֔הtikh.Lahit will be at an endH3615 →
וְצַפַּ֥חַתve.tza.Pa.chatand [the] jug ofH6835 →
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶןha.She.men<the> oilH8081 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תֶחְסָ֑רtech.Sarit will be lackingH2637 →
עַ֠ד'aduntilH5704 →
י֧וֹםYom[the] dayH3117 →
תֵּתti.ten-givesH5414 →
יְהוָ֛הha.shemYahwehH3068 →
גֶּ֖שֶׁםGe.shemrainH1653 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →

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Matthew 15:36–38Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.Matthew 14:17–20“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.2 Kings 4:42–44Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”2 Kings 3:16and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’1 Kings 17:4And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”2 Kings 9:6So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.2 Kings 4:2–7“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.2 Kings 4:6When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

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Bread

A starving foreign widow with one meal left is asked for it, and the jar does not run out. Bread multiplied for a Gentile in a famine, and Jesus points at this woman by name in Luke 4.

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Elijah Raises the Son of the Widow of Zarephath — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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