What Does 1 Chronicles 1:33 Mean in the King James?

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

1 Chronicles 1:33 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

Five distinct names share one source, and that source’s name carries the image of incense rising.

THE MEANING

A family line can hold many distinct lives without erasing the source they share. Here, the names remain separate, yet the verse gathers them under Keturah, whose name is linked to incense rising and spreading.

THE ROOT

קְטוּרָה

Qətūrāh

GROWS FROM

קטר

q-ṭ-r

To smoke or burn incense.

Keturah’s name is commonly connected to ⁨קטר⁩ (qāṭar, to burn incense). Since the verse names all five sons as hers, the family line is gathered under a name that carries the image of something rising and spreading from its source.

ALSO GROWS

qətōret: Incense.

קְטֹרֶת

This noun shares the root and makes the incense image in Keturah’s name more visible.

qāṭar: To burn incense; to send up smoke.

קָטַר

This verb shows the action behind the root associated with Keturah’s name.

THE PATTERN

A lineage preserves many branches by naming both their differences and the source they share.

And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

Genesis 25:4 · KJVThe same family line is named with its individual branches and their shared mother.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe opening names a person through the line and sources from which he comes.

Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Luke 3:38 · KJVThe genealogy traces distinct generations back through their shared line of origin.

THE THREAD

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

Exodus 30:7 · KJV

Keturah’s name is commonly associated with ⁨קטר⁩ (qāṭar, to burn incense), the root behind “burn incense” here. That echo gives the maternal name an image of smoke rising, while the genealogy names the branches gathered under her.

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