2 Samuel 16:21

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אֲחִיתֹפֶל

ʼĂchîythôphel

H302

Achithophel, an Israelite

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם

ʼĂbîyshâlôwm

H53

Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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in unto thy

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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s

בִּלְהָה

Bilhâh

H1090

Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine

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which he hath

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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to

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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the

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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and all

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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shall

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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that thou art

תַּעָב

taʻâb

H8581

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

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of thy

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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then shall the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of all that are with thee be

חָזָק

châzâq

H2389

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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Key Terms in This Verse

abhorred H8581

תַּעָב taʻâb

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

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concubines H1090

בִּלְהָה Bilhâh

Bilhah, the name of one of Jacob's concubines; also of a place in Palestine

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Ahithophel H302

אֲחִיתֹפֶל ʼĂchîythôphel

Achithophel, an Israelite

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Absalom H53

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm

Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

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strong H2389

חָזָק châzâq

strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)

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left H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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keep H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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hands H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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hear H8085

שָׁמַע shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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father H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:3 cross-reference

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they wer...

2 Samuel 15:16 cross-reference

And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.

Leviticus 18:8 cross-reference

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

2 Samuel 2:7 cross-reference

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

Zechariah 8:13 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

Genesis 35:22 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

Leviticus 20:11 cross-reference

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Genesis 38:16 cross-reference

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest co...

1 Samuel 27:12 cross-reference

And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Kings 2:22 cross-reference

And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiatha...

Genesis 34:30 cross-reference

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather them...

2 Samuel 12:11 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in...

1 Samuel 13:4 cross-reference

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal...

1 Kings 2:17 cross-reference

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

1 Corinthians 5:1 cross-reference

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

Genesis 6:4 cross-reference

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old,...

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