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1 Chronicles 11:23

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

KJV

Et ipse percussit virum ægyptium, cujus statura erat quinque cubitorum, et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium : descendit igitur ad eum cum virga, et rapuit hastam quam tenebat manu, et interfecit eum hasta sua.

Vulgate

καὶ οὗτος ἐπάταξεν τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνδρα ὁρατὸν πεντάπηχυν· καὶ ἐν χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ἀντίον ὑφαινόντων· καὶ κατέβη ἐπ’ αὐτὸν Βαναίας ἐν ῥάβδῳ καὶ ἀφείλατο ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου τὸ δόρυ, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

ASV

וְ/הֽוּא הִכָּה֩ אֶת הָ/אִ֨ישׁ הַ/מִּצְרִ֜י אִ֥ישׁ מִדָּ֣ה חָמֵ֣שׁ בָּ/אַמָּ֗ה וּ/בְ/יַ֨ד הַ/מִּצְרִ֤י חֲנִית֙ כִּ/מְנ֣וֹר אֹרְגִ֔ים וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד אֵלָ֖י/ו בַּ/שָּׁ֑בֶט וַ/יִּגְזֹ֤ל אֶֽת הַ/חֲנִית֙ מִ/יַּ֣ד הַ/מִּצְרִ֔י וַ/יַּהַרְגֵ֖/הוּ בַּ/חֲנִיתֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
אֹרֵ֑ג
'rg
verb · 13×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 48×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
ם
m
verb · 167×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מְנ֖וֹר
mnvr
noun · 4×
מִדָּ֣ה
mdh
noun · 55×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
noun · 76×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 17:7 — And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
  • 1Sam 17:7 — And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
  • Num 13:33 — And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.