man

1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

2. husband

3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

4. servant

5. mankind

6. champion

7. great man

whosoever

each (adjective)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

he, she, it

1. himself (with emphasis)

2. resuming subj with emphasis

3. (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

4. (anticipating subj)

5. (emphasising predicate)

6. that, it (neuter)

   demonstrative pronoun

that (with article)

to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice

1. (Qal)

   1. to slaughter for sacrifice

   2. to slaughter for eating

   3. to slaughter in divine judgment

2. (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Hophni = "pugilist"

1. one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse against their father's house and were judged by the Lord when they took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were killed and Eli died when he heard the news

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

priest, principal officer or chief ruler

1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)

2. pagan priests

3. priests of Jehovah

4. Levitical priests

5. Zadokite priests

6. Aaronic priests

7. the high priest

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

to go up, ascend, climb

1. (Qal)

   1. to go up, ascend

   2. to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat

   3. to go up, come up (of animals)

   4. to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)

   5. to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)

   6. to come up (before God)

   7. to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)

   8. to excel, be superior to

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away

   2. to take oneself away

   3. to be exalted

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up

   2. to bring up, bring against, take away

   3. to bring up, draw up, train

   4. to cause to ascend

   5. to rouse, stir up (mentally)

   6. to offer, bring up (of gifts)

   7. to exalt

   8. to cause to ascend, offer

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be carried away, be led up

   2. to be taken up into, be inserted in

   3. to be offered

5. (Hithpael) to lift oneself

Eli = "ascension"

1. descendant of Aaron through Ithamar and high priest and judge of Israel when Samuel entered service as a child

Phinehas = "mouth of brass"

1. son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron; his zealousness for the Lord averted a plague on Israel and gained him the promise of the Lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family

2. a priest and the son of the priest Eli

3. the father of a helper of Ezra

that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host

1. army, host

   1. host (of organised army)

   2. host (of angels)

   3. of sun, moon, and stars

   4. of whole creation

2. war, warfare, service, go out to war

3. service

to bow down

1. (Qal) to bow down

2. (Hiphil) to depress (fig)

3. (Hithpael)

   1. to bow down, prostrate oneself

      1. before superior in homage

      2. before God in worship

      3. before false gods

      4. before angel

Shiloh = "place of rest"

1. a city in Ephraim and temporary home of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle, the place where Samuel grew up

there, thither

1. there

2. thither (after verbs of motion)

3. from there, thence

4. then (as an adverb of time)

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)