1 Samuel 28:23
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
ἀγγαρεύω
angareúō
properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Key Terms in This Verse
ἀγγαρεύω angareúō
properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service
Study G29 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid hi...
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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