1 Kings 1:3
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
יָפֶה
yâpheh
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
נַעֲרָה
naʻărâh
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
גְּבוּל
gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
אֲבִישַׁג
ʼĂbîyshag
Abishag, a concubine of David
שׁוּנַמִּית
Shûwnammîyth
a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
שׁוּנַמִּית Shûwnammîyth
a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem
Study H7767 →גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
Study H1366 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
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