2 Samuel 11:2
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
English grammatical function word ('eveningtide'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equiva...
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
גָּג
gâg
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
גָּג
gâg
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
תִּפְאָרָה
tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('eveningtide'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ar...
Study GRAM →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
Study H8597 →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)
Study H5315 →מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Study H4904 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto ...
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of hea...
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
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