Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיְהִי֙ way-hî for so it was Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to hew 1a4) to cut or make a covenant 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off 1b2) to be cut down 1b3) to be chewed 1b4) to be cut off, fail 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be cut off 1c2) to be cut down 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cut off 1d2) to cut off, destroy 1d3) to cut down, destroy 1d4) to take away 1d5) to permit to perish 1e) (Hophal) cut off">3772 [e] בְּהַכְרִ֣ית bə-haḵ-rîṯ while massacred Prep-b | V-Hifil-Inf 1) queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal">348 [e] אִיזֶ֔בֶל ’î-ze-ḇel, Jezebel N-proper-fs 853 [e] אֵ֖ת ’êṯ - DirObjM 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet">5030 [e] נְבִיאֵ֣י nə-ḇî-’ê the prophets N-mpc 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] יְהוָ֑ה Yah-weh; of Yahweh N-proper-ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)">3947 [e] וַיִּקַּ֨ח way-yiq-qaḥ that had taken Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom 2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David 3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah 4) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel 5) a descendant of David 6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar 7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul 8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun 9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag 10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah 11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra 12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah 13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 13a) perhaps the same as 12">5662 [e] עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ ‘ō-ḇaḏ-yā-hū Obadiah N-proper-ms 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)">3967 [e] מֵאָ֣ה mê-’āh a hundred Number-fs 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet">5030 [e] נְבִאִ֗ים nə-ḇi-’îm, prophets N-mp 1a) (Niphal) to hide oneself 1b) (Pual) to be forced into hiding 1c) (Hiphil) to hide 1d) (Hophal) to be hidden 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to hide oneself, draw back 1e2) to draw together, thicken, harden">2244 [e] וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם way-yaḥ-bî-’êm and hidden them Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3mp 1a) fifty (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of fifty (with other numbers) 1c) fiftieth (ordinal number)">2572 [e] חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים ḥă-miš-šîm fifty Number-cp 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)">376 [e] אִישׁ֙ ’îš men N-ms 4631 [e] בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה bam-mə-‘ā-rāh, to a cave Prep-b, Art | N-fs 1a)(Qal) to measure, calculate 1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain 1b1) to sustain, support, nourish 1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain 1b3) to support, endure 1c) (Polpal) to be supplied 1d) (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure 1d1) to contain 1d2) to sustain, endure">3557 [e] וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם wə-ḵil-kə-lām and had fed them Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms | 3mp 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)">3899 [e] לֶ֥חֶם le-ḥem with bread N-ms 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325 [e] וָמָֽיִם׃ wā-mā-yim. and water Conj-w | N-mp

New American Standard Bible
for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)

King James Bible
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and took 100 prophets and hid them, 50 men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the LORD's prophets.

Jezebel [heb] Izabel
cut off the prophets

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in a cave

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fed them

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bread and water

1 Kings 13:8,9,16 And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your …

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