2 Samuel 14:2
Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data
"And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
חָכָם
châkâm
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
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...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לְבוּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
מָשַׁח
mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
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...
שֶׁמֶן
shemen
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh
a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife
Study H3830 →מָשַׁח mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Study H4886 →Cross References
He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before...
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the L...
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, th...
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and g...
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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