King James Version

1 Kings 15:12

And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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וַיַּעֲבֵ֥רvayaaverand alienateעָבַרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and alienate”, the next action in the storyH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…הַקְּדֵשִׁ֖יםhaqdeshimthe sodomiteקָדֵשׁdefinite article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “the sodomite”, the ordinary formH6945a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatrysodomite, unclean.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַיָּ֨סַר֙vayasarand turnסוּרconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and turn”, the next action in the storyH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַגִּלֻּלִ֔יםhagilulimthe idolגִּלּוּלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the idol”, the ordinary formH1544properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idolidol.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עָשׂ֖וּasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֲבֹתָֽיוavotayvfatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Young’s Literal Translation

and removeth the whoremongers out of the land, and turneth aside all the idols that his fathers made;

World English Bible

He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Darby Translation

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his father had made.

Douay-Rheims

And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὰς τελετὰς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε πάντα τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἃ ἐποίησαν οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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