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2 Samuel 9

2 Sam. 9:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he bowed
shachah (Hebrew #7812)
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
KJV usage: bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
Pronounce: shaw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
himself, and 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
, What is thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
, that thou shouldest look
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon such a dead
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
dog
keleb (Hebrew #3611)
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
KJV usage: dog.
Pronounce: keh'-leb
Origin: from an unused root means. to yelp, or else to attack
u as I am?
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2 Sam. 16:9• 9And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (2 Sam. 16:9)

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Dog,
Servant,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a dead dog.
2 Sam. 3:8• 8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, I who against Judah do shew kindness this day to the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou reproachest me this day with the fault of this woman? (2 Sam. 3:8)
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2 Sam. 16:9• 9And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (2 Sam. 16:9)
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1 Sam. 24:14‑15• 14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
 15Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand. (1 Sam. 24:14‑15)
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1 Sam. 26:20• 20And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:20)
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Matt. 15:26‑27• 26But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
 27But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. (Matt. 15:26‑27)
• A dead dog, a foul and repulsive object worthy only of being kicked aside. Speaking in this manner to David he took―and others might well know this―the place that David had taken in reference to Saul, Mephibosheth's forebear: "After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog?" (1 Sam. 24:14). The powerful king before whom Mephibosheth stood had in time past taken the same place as he was taking; he had come to know the meaning of defilement, death, and rejection during the days of his sufferings. It was with such a savior that Mephibosheth had to do. (“Mephibosheth: 2 Samuel 9” by H.L. Rossier)
• (Mark 7:24-30). These words go directly to Jesus' heart. Faith which despite our profound unworthiness in no wise doubts His love and power is sure to receive an abundance of divine blessings in exchange. Our unworthiness only serves to bring to light the grandeur of grace. (“Mephibosheth: 2 Samuel 9” by H.L. Rossier)
• The Jewish remnant in the end times will also come to thorough self-judgment in the presence of the One whom they have rejected. (“Mephibosheth: 2 Samuel 9” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?