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1 Samuel 25

1 S. 25:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And 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)
heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
in the wilderness
midbar (Hebrew #4057)
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
KJV usage: desert, south, speech, wilderness.
Pronounce: mid-bawr'
Origin: from 1696 in the sense of driving
that Nabal
Nabal (Hebrew #5037)
dolt; Nabal, an Israelite
KJV usage: Nabal.
Pronounce: naw-bawl'
Origin: the same as 5036
didx shear
gazaz (Hebrew #1494)
to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
KJV usage: cut off (down), poll, shave, ((sheep-)) shear(-er).
Pronounce: gaw-zaz'
Origin: a primitive root (akin to 1468)
his sheep
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
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Gn. 38:13• 13Y fué dado aviso á Thamar, diciendo: He aquí tu suegro sube á Timnath á trasquilar sus ovejas. (Gn. 38:13)
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2 S. 13:23• 23Y aconteció pasados dos años, que Absalom tenía esquiladores en Bala-hasor, que está junto á Ephraim; y convidó Absalom á todos los hijos del rey. (2 S. 13:23)

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David,
Nabal,
Sheep,
Wilderness

Cross References

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did shear.
Gn. 38:13• 13Y fué dado aviso á Thamar, diciendo: He aquí tu suegro sube á Timnath á trasquilar sus ovejas. (Gn. 38:13)
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2 S. 13:23• 23Y aconteció pasados dos años, que Absalom tenía esquiladores en Bala-hasor, que está junto á Ephraim; y convidó Absalom á todos los hijos del rey. (2 S. 13:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.