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1 Samuel 17

1 Sam. 17:42 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when the Philistine
Plishtiy (Hebrew #6430)
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV usage: Philistine.
Pronounce: pel-ish-tee'
Origin: patrial from 6429
looked about
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
, and saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
, hee disdained
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
him: for he was but a youth
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
, andf ruddy
'admoniy (Hebrew #132)
from 119; reddish (of the hair or the complexion)
KJV usage: red, ruddy.
Pronounce: ad-mo-nee'
Origin: or (fully) admowniy {ad-mo-nee'}
, and of a fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
countenance
mar'eh (Hebrew #4758)
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV usage: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
Pronounce: mar-eh'
Origin: from 7200
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Psa. 123:4• 4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:4)
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1 Cor. 1:27‑29• 27But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things;
 28and the low-born things of the world and those despised God chose, [and] the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are,
 29so that no flesh should boast before God. (1 Cor. 1:27‑29)
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1 Sam. 16:12• 12{i}And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, and besides of a lovely countenance and beautiful appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:12)

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disdained.
1 Kings 20:18• 18{i}And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.{/i} (1 Kings 20:18)
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2 Kings 18:23‑24• 23Now, therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
 24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? (2 Kings 18:23‑24)
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Neh. 4:2‑4• 2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
 3{i}And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said,{/i} Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
 4Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (Neh. 4:2‑4)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
 4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:3‑4)
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2 Cor. 11:27‑29• 27in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
 28Apart from things without, my pressing care day by day, the concern for all the assemblies.
 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? (2 Cor. 11:27‑29)
a youth.
1 Sam. 17:33• 33And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. (1 Sam. 17:33)
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1 Sam. 16:12• 12{i}And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, and besides of a lovely countenance and beautiful appearance. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was a youth, and ruddy, and besides of a beautiful countenance.

W. Kelly Translation

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And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.