What Does 1 Chronicles 6:18 Mean in the King James?

And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:18 · KJV

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

This genealogy is a built line: its sons carry distinct names, with joining and strength held inside a shared belonging.

THE MEANING

Your life is held within relationships that precede you, while your own place remains distinct. The verse holds four named sons within one family line, joining belonging with particularity.

THE ROOT

בְּנֵי

bĕnê

GROWS FROM

בנה

b-n-h

Build, establish.

The Hebrew word for “sons” is related to ⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah, build). This link lets the lineage appear as a structure built through generations, with each named son as a distinct branch.

ALSO GROWS

banah: Build, establish.

בָּנָה

This verb gives the family word its building resonance.

binyan: Building, structure.

בִּנְיָן

The related noun makes the lineage’s structure visible.

חֶבְרוֹן

Ḥevron

GROWS FROM

חבר

ḥ-b-r

Join, associate.

Hebron’s name carries the sense of joining into this list of distinct names. Kinship appears as relation within distinction.

ALSO GROWS

ḥaver: Companion, associate.

חָבֵר

This branch shows the root’s sense of relationship between people.

ḥibbur: Connection, joining.

חִבּוּר

This branch makes the joining within Hebron’s name explicit.

עֻזִּיאֵל

ʿUzziel

GROWS FROM

עזז

ʿ-z-z

Be strong, mighty.

Uzziel combines ⁨עֻזִּי⁩ (ʿuzzi, my strength) with ⁨אֵל⁩ (El, God): “my strength is God.” The name places strength in relation to God within the family line.

ALSO GROWS

ʿoz: Strength, might.

עֹז

This is the strength named in Uzziel.

maʿoz: Stronghold, refuge.

מָעוֹז

This branch shows strength as a place of security.

THE PATTERN

A name can carry a nature, and a lineage can preserve many such names together.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Genesis 17:5 · KJVThe name Abraham carries a stated identity within the promise of a lineage.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

Genesis 32:28 · KJVThe name Israel is tied directly to the nature expressed in the verse.

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

Matthew 1:1 · KJVThe opening of a genealogy preserves the identities of David and Abraham within one line.

THE THREAD

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127:1 · KJV

The Hebrew word for “sons” here is related to ⁨בָּנָה⁩ (banah, build), the root repeated in Psalm 127 for building a house. Together, the verses let a lineage appear as a house built through generations, with its building held in the LORD’s care.

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