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1 Samuel 27

1 Sam. 27:8 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)
and his men
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
went up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
, and invaded
pashat (Hebrew #6584)
to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
KJV usage: fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road, run upon, rush, set, spoil, spread selves (abroad), strip (off, self).
Pronounce: paw-shat'
Origin: a primitive root
the Geshurites
Gshuwriy (Hebrew #1651)
a Geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of Geshur
KJV usage: Geshuri, Geshurites.
Pronounce: ghe-shoo-ree'
Origin: patrial from 1650
a, and the βGezrites
Gizriy (Hebrew #1511)
a Gezerite (collectively) or inhabitants of Gezer; but better (as in the text) by transposition Girziy {gher-zee'}; patrial of 1630; a Grizite (collectively) or member of a native tribe in Palestine
KJV usage: Gezrites.
Pronounce: ghiz-ree'
Origin: (in the m patrial from 1507
b, and the Amalekites
`Amaleqiy (Hebrew #6003)
patronymically from 6002; an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek: --Amalekite(-s).
Pronounce: am-aw-lay-kee'
c: for those
hennah (Hebrew #2007)
themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
KJV usage: X in, X such (and such things), their, (into) them, thence, therein, these, they (had), on this side, whose, wherein.
Pronounce: hane'-naw
Origin: prolongation for 2004
nations were of old
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
the inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
of the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, as thou goest
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Shur
Shuwr (Hebrew #7793)
Shur, a region of the Desert
KJV usage: Shur.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: the same as 7791
d, even unto the land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
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a
Josh. 13:2• 2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, (Josh. 13:2)
b
Judg. 1:29• 29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (Judg. 1:29)
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or, Gerzites.
c
Ex. 17:16• 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Ex. 17:16)
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Gen. 25:18• 18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. (Gen. 25:18)

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Amalek; Amalekites,
David,
Egypt,
Gerzites,
Geshuri, Geshurites,
Gezer; Gezrites,
Man,
Shur

Cross References

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A.M. 2948.
B.C. 1056.
An. Ex. Is. 435.
the Geshurites.
Josh. 13:2,13• 2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
 13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. (Josh. 13:2,13)
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2 Sam. 13:37‑38• 37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
 38So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. (2 Sam. 13:37‑38)
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2 Sam. 14:23,32• 23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
 32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. (2 Sam. 14:23,32)
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2 Sam. 15:8• 8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord. (2 Sam. 15:8)
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1 Chron. 2:23• 23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. (1 Chron. 2:23)
Gezrites.
or, Gerzites.These people seem to be the Gerrhenians, (2 Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.the Amalekites.
Josh. 16:10• 10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. (Josh. 16:10)
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Judg. 1:29• 29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (Judg. 1:29)
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1 Kings 9:15‑17• 15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
 16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
 17And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, (1 Kings 9:15‑17)
as thou goest.
1 Sam. 15:7‑8• 7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (1 Sam. 15:7‑8)
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1 Sam. 30:1• 1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; (1 Sam. 30:1)
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Ex. 17:14‑16• 14And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
 15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
 16For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. (Ex. 17:14‑16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.