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1 Samuel 17:4

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

KJV

Et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath, de Geth, altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmi :

Vulgate

καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς ἐκ τῆς παρατάξεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, Γολιὰθ ὄνομα αὐτῷ, ἐκ Γέθ· ὕψος αὐτοῦ τεσσάρων πήχεων καὶ σπιθαμῆς.

LXX

And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

ASV

וַ/יֵּצֵ֤א אִֽישׁ הַ/בֵּנַ֨יִם֙ מִ/מַּחֲנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים גָּלְיָ֥ת שְׁמ֖/וֹ מִ/גַּ֑ת גָּבְה֕/וֹ שֵׁ֥שׁ אַמּ֖וֹת וָ/זָֽרֶת

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Goliath
Places Gath

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַמָּ֔ה
'mh
noun · 249×
בֵּנַ֨יִם֙
bnym
noun · 2×
גַ֑ת
gt
proper_noun · 33×
גָּלְיָ֣ת
glyt
proper_noun · 6×
וֹ
v
noun · 17×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זֶ֥רֶת
zrt
noun · 7×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 20:4 — And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
  • 1Sam 9:2 — And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any
  • 1Sam 17:23 — And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard th
  • 2Sam 21:16 — And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
  • 2Sam 21:19 — And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s be
  • Amos 6:2 — Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
  • Gen 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old,
  • Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Josh 11:22 — There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
  • Josh 11:22 — There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
  • 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.