The Meaning of 1 Samuel 2:18 Explained

1 Samuel 2:18

KJV: But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

YLT: And Samuel is ministering in the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt with an ephod of linen;

Darby: And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod.

ASV: But Samuel ministered before Jehovah, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 1 Samuel 2:18?

MEANING: What does 1 Samuel 2:18 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 2:18 mean?

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 2:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, [being] a child, girded with a linen ephod.

What does 1 Samuel 2:18 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 2:12-21 - Growing Before The Lord

Not only were Eli's sons strangers to the power of religion in the heart, but they had gone to great lengths of profligacy. They had seized on a larger share of the offering than was prescribed, and their rapacity had made men abhor the sacred rites. It is an awful thing when the inconsistencies of professing Christians cause men to abhor the service of Christ. It will go very hard with them at the last. The Master says that it would have been better for a millstone to be hanged about their neck; and one cannot but think that great allowance will be made at the last for those who have fallen over these stumbling-blocks.

What love and prayer Hannah must have wrought into that little coat! Every stitch was put in with such motherly pride. It was hard to give the boy up, but at least she could do something for him. How nice he would look in it! How proud she was that every year's new one had to be larger! Thus parents still make the clothes that their children wear. The little ones almost unconsciously become arrayed in the character that is constantly being shown before their quick and inquisitive eyes. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 2

¹ Hannah's song in thankfulness
¹² The sin of Eli's sons
¹⁸ Samuel's ministry
²⁰ by Eli's blessing Hannah is more fruitful
²² Eli reproves his sons
²⁷ A prophecy against Eli's house

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 2:18 mean?

But Samuel ministered - before Yahweh [even as] a child wearing ephod a linen

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל מְשָׁרֵ֖ת אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה נַ֕עַר חָג֖וּר אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד

וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל	But Samuel
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁמוּאֵל Sense: son of Elkanah by his wife Hannah and judge or prophet of Israel during the days of Saul and David.
מְשָׁרֵ֖ת	ministered
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁרַת Sense: (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
פְּנֵ֣י	before
Parse: Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
יְהוָ֑ה	Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
נַ֕עַר	[even as] a child
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
חָג֖וּר	wearing
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular Root: חָגַר Sense: to gird, gird on, gird oneself, put on a belt.
אֵפ֥וֹד	ephod
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: אֵפֹד Sense: ephod.
בָּֽד	a linen
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בַּד Sense: linen, white linen.

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