1 Samuel 21:1
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
יִשְׁבּוֹ בְּנֹב
Yishbôw bᵉ-Nôb
Jishbo-be-Nob, a Philistine
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂchîymelek
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
אֲחִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂchîymelek
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
מוֹעֵד
môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a ...
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹעֵד môwʻêd
properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally ayear; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; b...
Study H4150 →אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
Study H288 →אֲחִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂchîymelek
Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite
Study H288 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →Cross References
And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
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