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1 Samuel 20

1 Sam. 20:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Jonathan
Yhownathan (Hebrew #3083)
Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Jonathan. Compare 3129.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-naw-thawn'
Origin: from 3068 and 5414
caused 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)
to swear
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
again
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
, δbecause he loved
'ahabah (Hebrew #160)
feminine of 158 and meaning the same
KJV usage: love.
Pronounce: a-hab-aw
him: for heh loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
him as he loved
'ahabah (Hebrew #160)
feminine of 158 and meaning the same
KJV usage: love.
Pronounce: a-hab-aw
his own soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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or, by his love toward him.
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1 Sam. 18:1• 1And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam. 18:1)

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David,
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Soul; Spirit,
Swearing

Cross References

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because he loved him.
or, by his love toward him.
for heloved.
1 Sam. 18:1,3• 1And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
 3And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Sam. 18:1,3)
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Deut. 13:6• 6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; (Deut. 13:6)
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2 Sam. 1:26• 26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant wast thou unto me; Thy love to me was wonderful, passing women's love. (2 Sam. 1:26)
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Prov. 18:24• 24A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Prov. 18:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by the love he had for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.