1 Samuel 21:7
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
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)
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
עָצָר
ʻâtsâr
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
אֱדֹמִי
ʼĔdômîy
an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom
דָּגַל
dâgal
to flaunt, i.e. raise a flag; figuratively, to be conspicuous
רָעָה
râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...
מָנָה
mânâh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
עָצָר ʻâtsâr
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Study H6113 →דָּגַל dâgal
to flaunt, i.e. raise a flag; figuratively, to be conspicuous
Study H1713 →רָעָה râʻâh
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Study H7462 →מָנָה mânâh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
Study H4490 →Cross References
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth...
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against t...
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h...
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