1 Samuel 21:12
Strong's Lexicon
Now David
דָּוִ֛ד (dā·wiḏ)

Strong's Hebrew 1732: David = 'beloved' 1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

took
וַיָּ֧שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)

Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

words
הַדְּבָרִ֥ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)

Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

these
הָאֵ֖לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)

Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent

to heart
בִּלְבָב֑וֹ (bil·ḇā·ḇōw)

Strong's Hebrew 3824: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

and was very much
מְאֹ֔ד (mə·’ōḏ)

Strong's Hebrew 3966: adv 1) exceedingly, much subst 2) might, force, abundance n m 3) muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly 3a) force, might 3b) exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree) 3b1) exceedingly 3b2) up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly 3b3) with muchness, muchness

afraid
וַיִּרָ֣א (way·yi·rā)

Strong's Hebrew 3372: 1) to fear, revere, be afraid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed 1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared 1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe 1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe 1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify 2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour

of
מִפְּנֵ֖י (mip·pə·nê)

Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Achish
אָכִ֥ישׁ (’ā·ḵîš)

Strong's Hebrew 397: Achish = 'I will blacken (or terrify)' or 'only a man' 1) Philistine king of Gath

the king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: 1) king

of Gath.
גַּֽת׃ (gaṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1661: Gath = 'winepress' 1) one of the five royal or chief cities of the Philistines and the native city of Goliath

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Young's Literal Translation
And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David took this to heart and became very afraid of King Achish of Gath,

New American Standard Bible
David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.

King James Bible
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish king of Gath.

New Living Translation
David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him.

English Standard Version
And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

New American Standard Bible
David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath.

King James Bible
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David took this to heart and became very afraid of King Achish of Gath,

International Standard Version
David took these words seriously, and he was very frightened of King Achish of Gath.

NET Bible
David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

American Standard Version
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

English Revised Version
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Young's Literal Translation
And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,
















Cross References
Luke 2:19
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

1 Samuel 21:13
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 21:11
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 21:10
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

1 Samuel 21:14
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

1 Samuel 21:15
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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