2 Samuel 4:11

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

How

רַב

rab

H7227

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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more when

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh

H582

a man in general (singly or collectively)

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have

חָלָל

châlâl

H2491

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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a

צַדִּיק

tsaddîyq

H6662

just

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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in his own

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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upon his

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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shall I not

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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now

דָּרַשׁ

dârash

H1875

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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his

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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of your

יָד

yâd

H3027

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

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and

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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you

סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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from the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

require H1875

דָּרַשׁ dârash

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

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person H5315

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)

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bed H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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slain H2491

חָלָל châlâl

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

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righteous H6662

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq

just

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much H7227

רַב rab

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

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wicked H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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away H5493

סוּר çûwr

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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Cross References

Psalm 9:12 cross-reference

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Proverbs 2:22 cross-reference

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

2 Samuel 3:27 cross-reference

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

2 Samuel 3:39 cross-reference

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

Habakkuk 1:12 cross-reference

Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

Genesis 6:13 cross-reference

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 7:23 cross-reference

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and N...

Exodus 9:15 cross-reference

For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

Habakkuk 1:4 cross-reference

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Exodus 21:12 cross-reference

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Proverbs 25:26 cross-reference

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Jeremiah 10:11 cross-reference

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Genesis 4:11 cross-reference

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

Psalm 109:15 cross-reference

Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

1 Kings 2:32 cross-reference

And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son...

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