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2 Samuel 17

2 Sam. 17:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
Hushai
Chuwshay (Hebrew #2365)
hasty; Chushai, an Israelite
KJV usage: Hushai.
Pronounce: khoo-shah'-ee
Origin: from 2363
unto Zadok
Tsadowq (Hebrew #6659)
just; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Zadok.
Pronounce: tsaw-doke'
Origin: from 6663
and to Abiathar
'Ebyathar (Hebrew #54)
father of abundance (i.e. liberal); Ebjathar, an Israelite
KJV usage: Abiathar.
Pronounce: ab-yaw-thawr'
Origin: contracted from 1 and 3498
the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
, Thus and thus did Ahithophel
'Achiythophel (Hebrew #302)
brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite
KJV usage: Ahithophel.
Pronounce: akh-ee-tho'-fel
Origin: from 251 and 8602
counsel
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (Hebrew #53)
from 1 and 7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
KJV usage: Abishalom, Absalom.
Pronounce: ab-ee-shaw-lome'
Origin: or (shortened) bAbshalowm {ab-shaw- lome'}
and the elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
; and thus and thus have I counselled
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
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More on:

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Absalom,
Ahithophel,
Elders,
Hushai,
Israel,
Priest; Priesthood,
Zadok

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Zadok.
2 Sam. 15:35• 35And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. (2 Sam. 15:35)
• Hushai, David's friend, is the first to face danger, but also the first instrument of victory. The priests are his first confidants. Their sons, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, carry the message that is to save David and his band. (“Service: 2 Samuel 17” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.