1 Samuel 25:36
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲבִיגַיִל
ʼĂbîygayil
Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses
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)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָעַט mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Study H4591 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →Cross References
Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageou...
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and ...
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of h...
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
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