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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 
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2 Samuel 18:3 - Worth

2 Samuel 18:3 - But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
Verse Strongs No. Hebrew
But H3588 כִּי
the people H5971 עַם
answered H559 אָמַר
Thou shalt not H3808 לֹא
go forth H3318 יָצָא
for H3588 כִּי
if H518 אִם
we flee away H5127 נוּס
they will not H3808 לֹא
care H7760 שׂוּם
for H3588 כִּי
us neither H3808 לֹא
if H518 אִם
half H2677 חֵצִי
of us die H4191 מוּת
will they care H7760 שׂוּם
for H3588 כִּי
us but H3588 כִּי
now H6258 עַתָּה
thou art worth H3644 כְּמוֹ
ten H6235 עֶשֶׂר
thousand H505 אֶלֶף
of us therefore now H6258 עַתָּה
it is better H2896 טוֹב
that H3588 כִּי
thou succour H5826 עָזַר
us out of the city H4480 מִן

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.