1 Samuel 4:1

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְהִ֥יand it came

  vayhiH1961 →3559 times

• דְבַר־[the] word of

  devar-H1697 →1440 times

• שְׁמוּאֵ֖לSamuel

  shemuelH8050 →141 times

• לְכָל־to all

  lekholH3605 →5413 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וַיֵּצֵ֣אand it went out

  vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵל֩Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• לִקְרַ֨אתto meet

  likratH7122 →139 times

• פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים[the] Philistines

  pelishtimH6430 →287 times

• לַמִּלְחָמָ֗הfor <the> battle

  lamilchamahH4421 →320 times

• וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙and they encamped

  vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times

• עַל־at

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• הָאֶ֣בֶן<the> Eben-

  haevenH72 →6 times

• הָעֵ֔זֶר-ezer

  haezerH72 →6 times

• וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםand [the] Philistines

  ufelishtimH6430 →287 times

• חָנ֥וּthey encamped

  chanuH2583 →143 times

• בַאֲפֵֽק׃at Aphek

  vaafekH663 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Samuel 7:12

  Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

  it leads to

  • 2 Corinthians 1:10

    He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,

  • Joshua 4:9

    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

  • Acts 26:22

    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

  • Genesis 22:14

    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

  • Genesis 35:14

    So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.

• Through

  1 Samuel 3:11

  Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

  it leads to

  • Habakkuk 1:5

    “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

  • Acts 13:41

    ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”

• Through

  1 Samuel 29:1

  Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

  it leads to

  • Joshua 19:30

    Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

    Reached by 2 separate paths from here.