Archaic Words In The KJV

1 Kings

4:28 dromedaries

other horses

4:29 and largeness of heart

and a breadth of understanding

5:14 and Adoniram was over the levy

Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor

5:15 hewers in the mountains

stonecutters in the hills

8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves

if they have a change of heart

10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train

Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan

10:5 and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord ; there was no more spirit in her

the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord , she was overwhelmed

10:29 did they bring them out by their means

They also exported them

11:1 But King Solomon loved many strange women

King Solomon , however , loved many foreign women

14:4 for his eyes were set by reason of his age

his eyes were gone because of his age

16:13 their vanities

their worthless idols

16:31 as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins

not only considered it to be trivial to commit the sins

16:34 he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn

He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn

17:18 What have I to do with thee , O thou man of God ? art thou comeunto me to call my sinto remembrance

What do you have against me , man of God ? Did you come to remind me of my sin

17:20 hast thou also brought evil upon the widow

have you brought tragedy even on this widow

17:21 let this child's soul come into him again

let this boy's life return to him !

18:26 And they leaped upon the altar which was made

And they danced around the altar they had made .


I already gave some verses for 2 Kings earlier , but I am not sure if I gave this remarkable rendering from the KJV in 9:30 : Jezebal heard of it ; she painted her face and tired her head .

TNIV : When Jezebel heard about it , she painted her eyes , arranged her hair

1 Chronicles

2:7 the troubler of Israel , who transgressed in the thing accursed

who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devted things

4:10 enlarge my coast , and that thine hand might be with me , and that thou wouldest keep me from evil , that it may not grieve me !

enlarge my territory ! Let your hand be with me , and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain .

4:41 destroyed them utterly unto this day

completely destroyed them , as is evident to this day

6:54 throughout their castles in their coasts

settlements allotted as their territory

6:66 the residue of their families

Some of the Kohathite clans

7:23 because it went evil with his house

because there had been misfortune in his family

10:9 to carry tidings unto their idols , and to the people

to proclaim the news among their idols and their people

12:33 they were not of double heart

with undivided loyalty

12:40 they that were neigh them

their neighbors

13:11 David was displeased

David was angry

15:13 the Lord our God made a breach upon us , for that we sought him not after the due order

the Lord our God broke out in anger against us . We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way .

16:3 a good piece of flesh , a flagon of wine

a cake of dates and a cake of raisins

16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong

He allowed no one to oppress them

21:22 that the plague may be stayed for the people

that the plague on the people may be stopped

22:5 young and tender

young and inexperienced

25:8 And they cast lots , ward against ward , as well the small as the great , the teacher as the scholar .

Young and old alike , teacher as well as student , cast lots for their duties .

26:1 the porters

the gatekeepers

29:30 the times that went over him

the circumstances that surrounded him

2 Chronicles

1:2 the chief of the fathers

the heads of families

2:2 Solomon told out

He conscripted

2:7 brass ... cunning men

bronze ... skilled workers

4:1 he made an altar of brass

He made a bronze altar

6:23 by requiting the wicked , by recompensing his way upon his own head

condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done

6:37 bethink themselves

have a change of heart

7:6 waited on their offices

took their positions

8:16 the house of the Lord was perfected

the temple of the Lord was completed

9:2 told her all her questions

answered all her questions

9:4 there was no more spirit in her

she was overwhelmed

9:14 chapman

traders

11:23 unto every fenced city : and he gave them victual in abundance

to all the fortified cities . He gave them abundant provisions

13:7 young and tenderhearted , and could not withstand them

young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them

13:21 waxed mighty

grew in strength

16:14 prepared by the apothecaries' art

blended perfumes

18:26 feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction , until I return in peace

give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely .

19:10 this do , and ye shall not trespass .

Do this , and you will not sin .

21:17 carried away all the substance

carried off all the goods

24:10 until they had made an end

until it was full

29:6 the habitation of the Lord

the Lord's dwelling place

33:9 to err

led... astray

34:11 artificers

carpenters

34:28 all the evil

all the disaster

Some of these, I wonder how many people consider archaic. For example, TRAIN. This word comes from French into Middle English, and among its meanings is a procession or a group moving in file. Thus, railroad TRAIN came into usage, as its components must move in file upon its tracks. OTOH, CARAVAN is from ancient Persian & means essentially the same thing, as a procession of camels. I doubt if too many have any difficulty with "train" of camels or horses.

"dromedaries"...from the Latin 'dromedarius' a runner. For a long time, dromedary has been associated with camels. And in 1 Kings 4:28, men brought fodder for both horses and dromedaries. I realize that the Hebrew word there rendered "dromedaries" is 'rekesh', which is rendered "horse, steed, or mule" elsewhere, but the context of the surrounding verses, especially in light that 4:28 first says 'cuwc', "swift horses", and that camels can eat whatever horses can eat, plus many other things horses cannot eat, the KJV's rendering makes perfect sense.

In 2 Chronicles 9:14, "chapman" was a merchant or trader in Merrie old England in 1611, and still is today. That term has fallen outta use in the USA, but I'm sure any British reader here will affirm it's still in use in England. But I reckon few Americans not named Chapman would know its meaning now.

Ezra , Nehemiah and Esther

Ezra

2:62 therefore were they , as polluted , put from the priesthood

but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean

7:26 let judgment be executed speedily upon him

must surely be punished

9:7 confusion of face

humiliation

9:14 and join in affinity with the people

intermarry with the people

10:19 they gave their hands

they gave their hands in pledge


Nehemiah

4:15 brought their counsel to nought

had frustrated it

4:16 habergeons

armor

4:23 saving that everyone put them off for washing

even when he went for water

5:7 I consulted with myself

I pondered them in my mind

5:13 I shook my lap

I also shook out the folds of my robe

6:4 they sent unto me four times after this sort

Four times they sent me the same message

6:8 thou feignest them out of thine own heart

you are just making it up out of your head

9:29 withdrew the shoulder

Stubbornly they turned their backs on you

9:30 many years didst thou forbear them

For many years you were patient with them

13:8 it grieved me sore

I was greatly displeased

13:26 the outlandish women

foreign women


Esther

3:6 and he thought scorn to lay his hands

he scorned the idea of killing

3:15 the city Shushan was perplexed

but the city of Susa was bewildered

4:14 then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise

relief and deliverance ... will arise

7:8 Will he force the queen

Will he even molest the queen ?

9:16 they laid not their hands on the prey

but did not lay their hands on the plunder

9:31 their cry

lamentation

10:3 and speaking peace to all his seed

and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews

Job , Chapters 1-9

1:2 eschewed evil

shunned evil

1:5 Job sent and sanctified them

made arrangements for them to be purified

1:17 fell upon the camels

swept down on your camels

2:9 Dost thou still retain thine integrity ?

Are you still maintaining your integrity ?

3:1 cursed his day

cursed the day of his birth

3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat , and my roarings are poured out like the waters .

For sighing has become my daily food ; my groans pour out like water .

4:2 If we assay to commune with thee , wilt thou be grieved ?

If someone ventures a word with you , will you be impatient ?

5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root : but suddenly I cursed his habitation .

I myself have seen a fool taking root , but suddenly his house was cursed .

5:13 the counsel of the froward is carried headlong .

the schemes of the wily are swept away .

5:16 iniquity stoppeth her mouth .

injustice shuts its mouth .

6:3 therefore my words are swallowed up.

no wonder my words have been impetuous .

6:7 are as my sorrowful meat .

such food makes me ill .

6:21 ye see my casting down , and are afraid .

you see something dreadful and are afraid .

6:26 Do ye imagine to reprove words , and the speeches of one that is desperate , which are as wind ?

Do you mean to correct what I say , and treat my desperate words as wind ?

6:29 Return , I pray you , let it not be iniquity ; yea , return again , my righteousness is in it .

Relent , do not be unjust ; reconsider , for my integrity is at stake .

9:33 daysman betwixt us

someone to arbitrate between us

Job , Chapters 10-15

10:1 I will leave my complaint upon myself

I will give free rein to my complaint

10:17 changes and war are against me

your forces come against me wave upon wave

11:17 thine age shall be clearer than the noonday

Life will be brighter than noonday

11:20 their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost

their hope will become a dying gasp

12:19 He leadeth away princes spoiled

He leads priests away stripped

13:4 But ye are forgers of lies , ye are all physicians of no value

You , however , smear me with lies ; you are worthless physicians , all of you !

13:8 Will ye accepthis person ?

Will you show him partiality ?

13:12 your bodies to bodies of clay

your defenses are defenses of clay

13:15 I will maintain mine own ways before him

I will surely defend my ways to his face

15:27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness , and maketh collops of fat on his flanks

Though their faces are covered with fat and their waists bulge with flesh

15:29 neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth

nor will their possessions spread over the land

Rippon said:

4:28 dromedaries

other horses

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Strange - a dromedary is not a horse at all but a camel.

The Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) is a large even-toed ungulate native to northern Africa and western Asia, and is the best-known member of the camel family. The dromedary has one hump on its back, in contrast to the Bactrian camel which has two. The dromedary is sometimes called an Arabian Camel. - from Wikipedia

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Keith M said:

Strange - a dromedary is not a horse at all but a camel.

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in 1611 it was a horse:

Robocop3: //"dromedaries"...from the Latin 'dromedarius' a runner. For a long time, dromedary has been associated with camels. And in 1 Kings 4:28, men brought fodder for both horses and dromedaries. I realize that the Hebrew word there rendered "dromedaries" is 'rekesh', which is rendered "horse, steed, or mule" elsewhere, but the context of the surrounding verses, especially in light that 4:28 first says 'cuwc', "swift horses", and that camels can eat whatever horses can eat, plus many other things horses cannot eat, the KJV's rendering makes perfect sense.//

Until you tear down robocop's argument, we have to live it with.
In 1611 'dromedaries' archaicly meant 'horses'.
in 2006 'dromedaries' is a type of camel

Ed, if that's what you want to believe, go right ahead. No one is stopping you. But before you make your decision, please examine the uses of dromedary/dromedaries in the KJV. Dromedaries appears in 1 Kings 4:28, Esther 8:10 and Isaiah 60:6. Dromedary appears in Jeremiah 2:23. In none of these cases is there any indication the word has to do with horses - in fact, in 1 Kings 4:28 if dromedaries meant horses the verse would be quite redundant, indicating that barley and straw were brought for the horses and for the horses.

The dromedary is also known as the Arabian racing camel, and it was first domesticated in Arabia sometime between 4000 B.C. and 1400 B.C. (see the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary for more clarification). To say that in 1611 dromedary meant horse is to add a meaning that was never there.

Ed Edwards said:

Until you tear down robocop's argument, we have to live it with.
In 1611 'dromedaries' archaicly meant 'horses'.
in 2006 'dromedaries' is a type of camel

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Apparently in 1611 a dromedary was also a type a camel. Compare Jer. 2:23 where the word dromedary was translated from the Hebrew bikrah. Strongs has it bikrah = "a young female camel or dromedary." The NKJV renders it as "dromedary" while the NASB has "young camel."

Maybe some English words had more than one meaning even in 1611, eh Ed?

A.F.

1Ki 4:28 (Geneva Bible):
Barley also and strawe for the horses and mules brought
they vnto the place where the officers were,
euery man according to his charge.

1Ki 4:28 (KJV1611 Edition):
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries, brought
they vnto the place where the officers were,
euery man according to his charge.

1 Kings 4:28 (HCSB = Christian Standard Bible /Holman, 2003/ ):
Each man brought the barley and the straw
for the chariot teams and the other horses
to the required place according to his assignment.

Robocop3: //"dromedaries"...from the Latin 'dromedarius' a runner. For a long time, dromedary has been associated with camels. And in 1 Kings 4:28, men brought fodder for both horses and dromedaries. I realize that the Hebrew word there rendered "dromedaries" is 'rekesh', which is rendered "horse, steed, or mule" elsewhere, but the context of the surrounding verses, especially in light that 4:28 first says 'cuwc', "swift horses", and that camels can eat whatever horses can eat, plus many other things horses cannot eat, the KJV's rendering makes perfect sense.//

The AUTHORIZED VERSION (AKA: KJV1769 Edition)
confirms the statement of Brother Robocop3.

1 Kings 4:28 (KJV1769):
Barley also and straw forthe horses and dromedaries F24 brought
they unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.

FOOTNOTES:
F24: dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts

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Job 19 - 29

19:17 My breath is strange to my wife , though I intreated for the children's sake of my own body .

My breath is offensive to my wife ; I am loathsome to my own family .

20:18 according to his substance shall the restitution be

he will not enjoy the profit from his trading

20:20 he shall not save of that which he desired

he can not save himself by his treasure

20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits

In the midst of his plenty , distress will overtake him

21:10 Their bull gendereth ... and casteth not her calf

Their bulls never fail to breed ; their cows calve and do not miscarry .

21:29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way ? and do ye not know their tokens ?

Have you never questioned those who travel ? Have you paid no regard to their accounts --

21:33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him

The soil in the valley is sweet to them

22:20 Whereas our substance is not cut down

Surely our foes are destroyed

22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing , and it shall be established unto thee

What you decide on will be done

23:13 But he is in one mind

But he stands alone

26:5 Dead things are formed from under the waters

The dead are in deep anguish

26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens ; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent .

By his breath the skies became fair ; and his hand pierced the gliding serpent .

27:2 whohath taken away my judgment

who has denied me justice

28:23 God understandeth the way thereof

God understands the way to it

29:24 If I laughed on them , they believed it not ; and the light of my countenance they cast not down .

When I smiled at them , they scarcely believed it ; the light of my face was precious to them .

Job ,Chapters 30-42

30:1 dogs of my flock

sheep dogs

30:11 they also throw off restraint in my presence

30:27 My bowels boiled , and rested not

The churning inside me never stops

31:10 Then let my wife grind unto another , and let others bow down upon her .

then may my wife grind another man's grain , and may other men sleep with her .

32:18 For I am full of matter , the spirit within me constraineth me .

For I am full of words , and the spirit within me compels me .

32:21 Let me not ...accept any man's person

I will show no partiality

33:6 I am according to thy wish in God's stead

I am the same as you in God's sight

33:16 and sealeth their instruction

and terrify them with warnings

34:6 Should I lie against my right ?

Although I am right , I am considered a liar

34:29 When he giveth quietness , who then can make trouble ?

But if he remains silent , who can condemn him ?

34:33 Should it be according to thy mind ? he will recompense it , whether thou refuse , orwhether thou choose ; and not I

Should God then reward you on your terms , when you refuse to repent ? You must decide , not I

35:2 thou saidst , My righteousness is more than God's ?

You say , I am in the right and not God .

36:23 Who hath enjoined him his way ?

Who has prescribed his ways for him

36:33 [ A classic ! ] The noise thereof sheweth concerning it , the cattle also concerning the vapour .

His thunder announces the coming storm ; even the cattle make known its approach .

38:31 the sweet influences

the chains

39:1 canst thou mark when the hinds do calve ?

Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn ?

39:9 unicorn

wild ox

41:11 Who hath prevented me

Who has a claim against me

41:12-15 [ I have done this one elsewhere ]

42:9 the Lord also accepted Job

the Lord accepted Job's prayer .

Ed Edwards said:

1 Kings 4:28 (KJV1769):
Barley also and straw forthe horses and dromedaries F24 brought
they unto the place where the officers were,
every man according to his charge.

FOOTNOTES:
F24: dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts

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Okay, I'll buy swift beasts since dromedaries were first considered racing camels...

Psalms 2-19

2:1 Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing ?

Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain ?

5:9 their inward part is very wickedness

their heart is filled with malice

7:14 he travaileth with iniquity

those who are pregnant with evil

8:2 thou hast ordained strength

you have established a stronghold

11:4 his eyelids try

his eyes examine

12:8 the vilest men are exalted

depravity is honored

14:5 for God is in the generation of the righteous

for God is present in the company of the righteous

15:3 nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor

who cast no slur on others

15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned

who despise those whose ways are vile

17:10 They are enclosed in their own fat

They close up their callous hearts

18:43 Thy hast delivered me from the strivings of the people

You have delivered me from the attacks of the people

19:4 Their line has gone through all the earth

Yet their voice goes out into all the earth

19:7 converting the soul

refreshing the soul

19:13 presumptuous sins

willful sins

Psalms 21-39

21:11 they imagined a mischievous device

devise wicked schemes

22:1 the words of my roaring

the words of my groaning

26:4 neither will I go in with dissemblers

nor do I associate with hypocrites

27:13 I had fainted , unless I had believed to see

I remain confident of this : I will see

31:20 the strife of tongues

accusing tongues

34:13 thy lips from speaking guile

your lips from telling lies

35:15 the abjects gathered themselves together against me and I knew it not

assailants gathered against me without my knowledge

35:17 my darling

my precious life

37:37 Mark the perfect man

Consider the blameless

38:8 I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart

I groan in anguish of heart

38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof

My friends and companions avoid me

38:19 mine enemies are lively

Many have become my enemies without cause

38:20 I follow the thing that good is

I seek only to do what is good

39:1 the wicked is before me [ just bad English , even if it was once considered good ]

in the presence of the wicked

39:6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted in vain

Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom ; in vain they rush about

39:11 thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth

you consume their wealth like a moth

Psalms 40-59

40:15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame

be appalled at their own shame

42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls

42:11(and 43:5) the health of my countenance

my Savior

44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat

You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter

My heart is stirred by a noble theme

45:13 The king's daughter is all glorious within

All glorious is the princess within her chamber

47:9 the shields of the earth

the kings of the earth

48:12 tell the towers thereof

count her towers

49:10 bruthish person

the senseless

49:18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul

Though while they live they count themselves blessed

49:20 Man that is in honour

Human beings that have wealth

50:23 him that ordereth his conversation aright

to the blameless

51:4 that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest , and be clear when thou judgest

you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge

51:12 uphold me with thy free spirit

grant me a willing spirit , to sustain me

52:4 Thou lovest all devouring words

You love every harmful word

53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge ?

Do all these evildoers know nothing ?

55:9 divide their tongues

confound their words

55:19 they have no changes

[ nothing ]

59:15 grudge if they be not satisfied

howl if not satisfied

Psalm 65 - 89

65:5 terrible things in righteousness ... who art the confidence

awesome and righteous deeds ... the hope

68:8 the heavens also dropped

the heavens poured down rain

68:18 thou hast led captivity captive

you took many captives

69:10 that was to my reproach

I must endure scorn

75:5 speak not with a stiff neck

do not speak with outstretched neck

76:5 none of the men of might have found their hands

not one of the warriors can lift his hands

77:3 I remembered God , and was troubled : I complained , and my spirit was overwhelmed

I remembered you , God , and I groaned ; I meditated , and my spirit grew faint .

78:30 They were not estranged from their lust .ut before they turned from what they craved ,

81:6 his hands were delivered from the pots

their hands were set free from the basket

82:2 accept the persons of the wicked

show partiality to the wicked

88:18 Lover and friend

friend and neighbor

89:22 The enemy shall not exact upon him

No enemy will get the better of him



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