1 Samuel 18:3
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹנָתָן
Yôwnâthân
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
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...
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →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 preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose...
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
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