1 Samuel 20:17
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹנָתָן
Yôwnâthân
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
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)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
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
שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, w...
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