1 Samuel 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קֶ֥שֶׁת	Ke.shet	[the] bow of	H7198 →
גִּבֹּרִ֖ים	gi.bo.Rim	warriors	H1368 →
חַתִּ֑ים	cha.Tim	[are] shattered	H2844 →
וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים	ve.nikh.sha.Lim	and [those who] stumble	H3782 →
אָ֥זְרוּ	'A.ze.ru	they gird on	H247 →
חָֽיִל׃	Cha.yil	strength	H2428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:29–31
  He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 41:10
  Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- Colossians 1:11
  being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Ephesians 6:10
  Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Through
2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
  That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Ephesians 3:16
  I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Luke 1:52He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.Psalms 76:3There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Hebrews 11:34quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.Jeremiah 37:10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”2 Corinthians 4:9–10persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.Ephesians 6:14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,Jeremiah 51:56For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.

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