1 Samuel 26:8

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Then

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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אֲבִישַׁי

ʼĂbîyshay

H52

Abishai, an Israelite

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to

דָּוִד

Dâvid

H1732

David, the youngest son of Jesse

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אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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hath

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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thine

אֹיֵב

ʼôyêb

H341

hating; an adversary

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into thine

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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this

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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now

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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me

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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him I

פָּלַל

pâlal

H6419

to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray

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thee with the

כִּידוֹן

kîydôwn

H3591

properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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to the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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at once and I will not

נָכָה

nâkâh

H5221

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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him the

שֵׁנִי

shênîy

H8145

properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again

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עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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Key Terms in This Verse

Abishai H52

אֲבִישַׁי ʼĂbîyshay

Abishai, an Israelite

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spear H3591

כִּידוֹן kîydôwn

properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart

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enemy H341

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

hating; an adversary

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smite H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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smite H5221

נָכָה nâkâh

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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second H8145

שֵׁנִי shênîy

properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again

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delivered H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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pray H6419

פָּלַל pâlal

to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:4 cross-reference

And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. The...

1 Samuel 26:23 cross-reference

The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed.

1 Samuel 23:14 cross-reference

And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

Joshua 21:44 cross-reference

And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their ...

Deuteronomy 32:30 cross-reference

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Judges 1:4 cross-reference

And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

Romans 11:32 cross-reference

For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

Nahum 1:9 cross-reference

What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Psalm 31:8 cross-reference

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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