2 Samuel 15:27
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
צָדוֹק
Tsâdôwq
Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
חֹזֶה
chôzeh
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֲחִימַעַץ
ʼĂchîymaʻats
Achimaats, the name of three Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יוֹנָתָן
Yôwnâthân
Jonathan, the name of ten Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
Key Terms in This Verse
חֹזֶה chôzeh
a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval)
Study H2374 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Study H7965 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the...
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,
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