NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And DavidDavid (daw-veed') loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David. said 'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) to Abishai 'Abiyshay (ab-ee-shah'ee) father of a gift (i.e. probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite -- Abishai. Now shall Sheba sheba` (sheh'-bah) seven; Sheba, the name of a place in Palestine, and of two Israelites -- Sheba. the son ben (bane) a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc. of Bichri Bikriy (bik-ree') youth-ful; Bikri, an Israelite -- Bichri. do us more harm yara` (yaw-rah') to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear -- be grevious (only Isa. 15:4). than did Absalom 'Abiyshalowm (ab-ee-shaw-lome') father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite -- Abishalom, Absalom. take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) thou thy lord's 'adown (aw-done') from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) -- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with Adoni-. servants `ebed (eh'-bed) a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant. and pursue radaph (raw-daf') to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by) -- chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r). after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) him lest he get matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present him fenced batsar (baw-tsar') to clip off; to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification) cities `iyr (eer) or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. and escape natsal (naw-tsal') to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense us `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord's servants and pursue him, so that he does not find for himself fortified cities and escape from our sight." King James Bible And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. Holman Christian Standard Bible So David said to Abishai, "Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord's soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us." International Standard Version So David told Abishai, "Now Bichri's son Sheba is about to do more damage than did Absalom. So take my personal guards and go after them. Otherwise, he'll run to one of the fortified cities and escape from us." NET Bible Then David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord's servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us." GOD'S WORD® Translation David then told Abishai, "Sheba, son of Bichri, will do us more harm than Absalom. Take my men and go after him, or he will find some fortified cities and take the best ones for himself." King James 2000 Bible And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take you your lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape us. Links 2 Samuel 20:62 Samuel 20:6 NIV 2 Samuel 20:6 NLT 2 Samuel 20:6 ESV 2 Samuel 20:6 NASB 2 Samuel 20:6 KJV |