1 Samuel 26:18
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
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