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2 Sam. 1:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
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
were lovely
'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'}
and δpleasant
na`iym (Hebrew #5273)
delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: pleasant(-ure), sweet.
Pronounce: naw-eem'
Origin: from 5276
in their lives
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
, and in theirm death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
they were not divided
parad (Hebrew #6504)
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
KJV usage: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Pronounce: paw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
: they were swifter
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
than eagles
nesher (Hebrew #5404)
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
KJV usage: eagle.
Pronounce: neh'-sher
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lacerate
, they were stronger
gabar (Hebrew #1396)
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
KJV usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Pronounce: gaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
thann lions
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
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pleasant.
or, sweet.
they were.
swifter.
stronger.
 David's lament is the touching expression of the affections of this man of God. A heart full of love has no room for resentment or complaints. (The Song of the Bow: 2 Samuel 1:17-27 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their lives, Even in their death were not divided; They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.