2 Samuel 3:27
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
חֶבְרוֹן
Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
יוֹאָב
Yôwʼâb
Joab, the name of three Israelites
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
דָּם
dâm
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...
עֲשָׂהאֵל
ʻĂsâhʼêl
Asahel, the name of four Israelites
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶבְרוֹן Chebrôwn
Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
Study H2275 →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 →Cross References
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew...
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son...
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made gov...
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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