1 Samuel 25:31
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּאֵב
kᵉʼêb
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אוֹ
ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
שָׁפַךְ
shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
חִנָּם
chinnâm
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹ ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Study H176 →שָׁפַךְ shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Study H8210 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →Cross References
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...
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