1 Kings 18:42
Elijah <0452> [Elijah.]
bent <01457> [he cast himself.]
put ... face <06440 07760> [put his face.]
1 Kings 19:18
left <07604> [Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave.]
knees <01290> [the knees.]
<06310> [every mouth.]
Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from {ad,} to and {os, oris,} the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers.
