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2 Samuel 21

2 Sam. 21:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ishbi-benob
Yishbow (Hebrew #3430)
his dwelling (is) in Nob; Jishbo-be-Nob, a Philistine
KJV usage: Ishbi-benob (from the margin).
Pronounce: b-Nob
Origin: from 3427 and 5011, with a pronominal suffix and a preposition interposed
, which was of the sons
yaliyd (Hebrew #3211)
born
KJV usage: ((home-))born, child, son.
Pronounce: yaw-leed'
Origin: from 3205
of ζthe giant
rapha' (Hebrew #7497)
from 7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant
KJV usage: giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also 1051.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
, the weight
mishqal (Hebrew #4948)
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
KJV usage: (full) weight.
Pronounce: mish-kawl'
Origin: from 8254
of ηwhose spear
qayin (Hebrew #7013)
a lance (as striking fast)
KJV usage: spear.
Pronounce: kah'-yin
Origin: from 6969 in the original sense of fixity
weighed three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
shekels of brass
nchosheth (Hebrew #5178)
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
KJV usage: brasen, brass, chain, copper, fetter (of brass), filthiness, steel.
Pronounce: nekh-o'-sheth
Origin: for 5154
in weight
mishqal (Hebrew #4948)
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
KJV usage: (full) weight.
Pronounce: mish-kawl'
Origin: from 8254
, he being girded
chagar (Hebrew #2296)
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
KJV usage: be able to put on, be afraid, appointed, gird, restrain, X on every side.
Pronounce: khaw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
with a new
chadash (Hebrew #2319)
new
KJV usage: fresh, new thing.
Pronounce: khaw-dawsh'
Origin: from 2318
sword, thought
'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
to have slain
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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)
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ζ
or, Rapha.
η
the staff, or, the head.

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Brass,
David,
Giant,
Ishbi-benob,
New,
Shekel,
Son,
Spears,
Sword,
Three

Cross References

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of the sons.
Gen. 6:4• 4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Gen. 6:4)
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Num. 13:32‑33• 32And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
 33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. (Num. 13:32‑33)
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Deut. 1:28• 28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. (Deut. 1:28)
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Deut. 2:10,21• 10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
 21A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: (Deut. 2:10,21)
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Deut. 3:11• 11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. (Deut. 3:11)
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Deut. 9:2• 2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! (Deut. 9:2)
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1 Sam. 17:4‑5• 4And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
 5And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. (1 Sam. 17:4‑5)
the giant.
or, Rapha.
2 Sam. 21:18,20• 18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
 20And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. (2 Sam. 21:18,20)
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2 Sam. 21•  (2 Sam. 21)
:*marg:;
2 Sam. 5:18• 18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (2 Sam. 5:18)
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Gen. 14:5• 5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, (Gen. 14:5)
whose spear.
Heb. the staff, or, the head.
thought.
1 Sam. 17:45‑51• 45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
 46This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
 47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
 48And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
 49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
 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.
 51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. (1 Sam. 17:45‑51)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphahc—the weight of his lance was three hundred shekelsd of bronze, and he was girded with new armour—thought to smite David.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "the giant." see Deut. 2.11.
d
Lit. "weights."