2 Samuel 1:21
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil."
Word-by-Word Analysis
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
גִּלְבֹּעַ
Gilbôaʻ
Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עֹלָה
ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
מָגֵן
mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
גָּעַל
gâʻal
to detest; by implication, to reject
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
מָגֵן
mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
מָשַׁח
mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Key Terms in This Verse
מָגֵן mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Study H4043 →מָגֵן mâgên
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
Study H4043 →מָשַׁח mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Study H4886 →שֶׁמֶן shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
Study H8081 →Cross References
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused ...
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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