What Does 1 Chronicles 11:12 Mean in the King James?
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The warrior called mighty bears a name meaning “God has helped,” so strength and received help share one identity.
THE MEANING
You are shown strength that includes help: Eleazar stands among the three mighty men, and his name means “God has helped.” His might is real, while his name keeps aid within the picture of who he is.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that needing help cancels strength gives way here: the mighty one’s name carries help at its center.
THE ROOT
אֶלְעָזָר
ʾElʿāzār
GROWS FROM
עזר
ʿ-z-r
Help, support
Eleazar joins El, “God,” with the root for help, giving the name the sense “God has helped.” The English name leaves that meaning hidden, placing help inside the identity of one counted among the mighty.
ALSO GROWS
ʿāzar: to help
עָזַר
This verb carries the root meaning embedded in Eleazar’s name.
ʿēzer: help, aid
עֵזֶר
This related noun makes visible the help that the name holds within it.
הַגִּבֹּרִים
haggibbōrîm
GROWS FROM
גבר
g-b-r
To be strong, prevail
The word translated “mighties” comes from a root of strength and prevailing, so might carries the sense of standing or coming through. English can make it sound like a fixed rank; the Hebrew root keeps the force of prevailing in view.
ALSO GROWS
gibbôr: mighty one, warrior
גִּבּוֹר
This is the singular form behind the verse’s plural “mighties.”
gābar: to prevail, be strong
גָּבַר
This verbal form shows the active force held in the description of the mighty men.
THE PATTERN
Strength can be real while help remains its source and companion.
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.THE THREAD
Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.Eleazar’s name carries the root of help, and Ebenezer names a stone as a memorial of the LORD’s help. Together they let the warrior’s might be seen alongside help as part of his identity, not its opposite.
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