1 Kings 19:18

“Yet I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.””
1 Kings 19:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Yet I will leaveוְהִשְׁאַרְתִּיin Israelבְיִשְׂרָאֵלsevenשִׁבְעַתthousand,אֲלָפִיםallכָּלthe kneesהַבִּרְכַּיִםthatאֲשֶׁרhave notלֹאbowedכָרְעוּto Baal,לַבַּעַלand everyוְכָלmouthהַפֶּהthatאֲשֶׁרhas notלֹאkissedנָשַׁקhim.”לוֹ

Quotation · Romans 11:4

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Paul quotes the answer to Elijah in the first person: “I have kept for myself seven thousand.”

Formula: ἀλλὰ τί λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ χρηματισμός “but what does the divine answer say to him?” (Romans 11:4)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἀλλὰ τί λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ χρηματισμός Κατέλιπον ἐμαυτῷ ἑπτακισχιλίους ἄνδρας οἵτινες οὐκ ἔκαμψαν γόνυ τῇ Βάαλ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהִשְׁאַרְתִּי בְיִשְׂרָאֵל שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים כָּל הַבִּרְכַּיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא כָרְעוּ לַבַּעַל וְכָל הַפֶּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא נָשַׁק לוֹ

Septuagint (1 Kings 19:18 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ καταλείχεις ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἑπτὰ χιλάδας ἀνδρῶν, πάντα γόνατα ἅ οὐκ ὤκλασαν γόνυ τῷ Βάαλ, καὶ πᾶν στόμα ὅ οὐ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Kings 19:18, word by word

Yet I will leaveהִשְׁאַרְתִּיhisharti

leave

To leave something over.

Where else “hisharti” appears

in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears

sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

Where else “shivat” appears

thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim

thousand

One thousand: a large, round number.

Where else “alafim” appears

the kneesבִּרְכַּיִםbirkayim

knee

Knee.

Where else “birkayim” appears

bowedכָרְעוּcharu

crouch

To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.

Where else “charu” appears

to Baalבַּעַלbaal

Baal

Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.

Where else “baal” appears

mouthפֶּהpe

mouth

The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.

Where else “pe” appears

kissedנָשַׁקnashak

kiss

To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.

Where else “nashak” appears

Translation note

To “kiss” a god or its image was a gesture of worship (Hosea 13:2).

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Romans 11:4

Paul quotes the answer to Elijah in the first person: “I have kept for myself seven thousand.”

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1 Kings 19:18

¹⁸Yet I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Romans 11:4

⁴But what does the divine answer say to him? I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

The context

17And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

18 · This verse (above)

19He went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing, twelve yoke of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed over to him and threw his cloak on him.

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