1 Samuel 17:28
Old Testament • 25 words with Strong's data
"And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלִיאָב
ʼĔlîyʼâb
Eliab, the name of six Israelites
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אֱלִיאָב
ʼĔlîyʼâb
Eliab, the name of six Israelites
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
חָרָה
chârâh
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
מִדְבָּר
midbâr
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
גָּאוֹן
gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
הַוָּה
havvâh
by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →גָּאוֹן gâʼôwn
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
Study H1347 →חָרָה chârâh
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
Study H2734 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →Cross References
And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,...
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
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