2 Samuel 10:4
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
חָנוּן
Chânûwn
Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
גָּלַח
gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
מִפְשָׂעָה
miphsâʻâh
a stride, i.e. (by euphemism) the crotch
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּלַח gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
Study H1548 →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 →Cross References
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in th...
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
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