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2 Samuel 17

2 Sam. 17:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, 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
, thou knowest
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
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
, that they be mighty men
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
, and they be πchafed
mar (Hebrew #4751)
from 4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
KJV usage: + angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, X great, heavy.
Pronounce: mar
Origin: or (feminine) marah {maw-raw'}
in their minds
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
, as a bear
dob (Hebrew #1677)
from 1680; the bear (as slow)
KJV usage: bear.
Pronounce: dobe
Origin: or (fully) dowb {dobe}
robbed
shakkuwl (Hebrew #7909)
from 7921; bereaved
KJV usage: barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).
Pronounce: shak-kool'
Origin: or shakkul {shak-kool'}
a of her whelps in the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
: and thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
is a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of war
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
, and will not lodge
luwn (Hebrew #3885)
a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
KJV usage: abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
Pronounce: loon
Origin: or liyn {leen}
with the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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bitter of soul,
Judg. 18:25• 25{i}And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.{/i} (Judg. 18:25)
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Prov. 17:12• 12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man{HR}Rather than a fool in his folly. (Prov. 17:12)
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Hos. 13:8• 8{i}I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps , and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.{/i} (Hos. 13:8)

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Cross References

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mighty men.
2 Sam. 15:18• 18{i}And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed over before the king.{/i} (2 Sam. 15:18)
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2 Sam. 21:18‑22• 18{i}And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines, at Gob; then Sibbechai the Hushathite smote Saph, who was of the children of Raphah.{/i}
 19{i}And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite; now the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam.{/i}
 20{i}And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.{/i}
 21{i}And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.{/i}
 22{i}These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.{/i} (2 Sam. 21:18‑22)
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2 Sam. 23:8‑9,16,18,20‑22• 8{i}These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite the chief of the captains: he was Adino the Eznite; he fought against eight hundred, slain by him at one time.{/i}
 9{i}And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite: he was one of the three mighty men with David, when they had defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone up.{/i}
 16{i}And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; however he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.{/i}
 18{i}And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was the chief of three; and he brandished his spear against three hundred and slew them; and he had a name among the three.{/i}
 20{i}And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.{/i}
 21{i}He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.{/i}
 22{i}These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.{/i} (2 Sam. 23:8‑9,16,18,20‑22)
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1 Sam. 16:18• 18Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and Jehovah is with him. (1 Sam. 16:18)
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1 Sam. 17:34‑36,50• 34And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
 35and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
 36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
 50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. (1 Sam. 17:34‑36,50)
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1 Chron. 11:25‑47• 25{i}Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.{/i}
 26{i}And the valiant men of the forces were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,{/i}
 27{i}Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,{/i}
 28{i}Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,{/i}
 29{i}Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,{/i}
 30{i}Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,{/i}
 31{i}Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,{/i}
 32{i}Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,{/i}
 33{i}Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,{/i}
 34{i}Bene-Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,{/i}
 35{i}Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,{/i}
 36{i}Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,{/i}
 37{i}Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,{/i}
 38{i}Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,{/i}
 39{i}Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,{/i}
 40{i}Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,{/i}
 41{i}Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,{/i}
 42{i}Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;{/i}
 43{i}Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,{/i}
 44{i}Uzzia the Ashtarothite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,{/i}
 45{i}Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,{/i}
 46{i}Eliel of Mahavim, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Jithmah the Moabite,{/i}
 47{i}Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.{/i} (1 Chron. 11:25‑47)
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Heb. 11:32‑34• 32And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets;
 33who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths,
 34quenched fire's power, escaped sword's edge, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in war, put to flight armies of aliens. (Heb. 11:32‑34)
chafed in their minds.
Heb. bitter of soul.
Judg. 18:25• 25{i}And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest men of exasperated spirit run upon you, and thou lose thy life and the lives of thy household.{/i} (Judg. 18:25)
as a bear.
2 Kings 2:24• 24{i}And he turned back, and looked on them, and{/i} cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood and tare forty-two children of them. (2 Kings 2:24)
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Prov. 17:12• 12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man{HR}Rather than a fool in his folly. (Prov. 17:12)
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Prov. 28:15• 15{i}A roaring lion, and a ranging bear,{HR}Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.{/i} (Prov. 28:15)
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Dan. 7:5• 5And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side{i}, and{/i} it had three ribs in the mouth of it, between the teeth of it; and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. (Dan. 7:5)
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Hos. 13:8• 8{i}I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps , and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.{/i} (Hos. 13:8)
thy father is.
1 Sam. 23:23• 23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Hushai said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are of exasperated spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)