Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Samuel 18:16 - Back
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And Joab | H3097 | יוֹאָב |
[Proper Name Masculine] Jehovah-fathered; {Joab} the name of three Israelites |
blew | H8628 | תָּקַע |
[Verb] to {clatter} that {is} slap (the hands {together}) clang (an instrument); by analogy to drive (a nail or tent {pin} a {dart} etc.); by implication to become bondsman (by handclasping) |
the trumpet | H7782 | שׁוֹפָר |
[Noun Masculine] a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn |
and the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
returned | H7725 | שׁוּב |
[Verb] to turn back ({hence} away) transitively or {intransitively} literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again |
from pursuing | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
after | H310 | אַחַר |
[Adverb Preposition-Conjunction] properly the hind part; generally used as an adverb or {conjugation} after (in various senses) |
Israel | H3478 | יִשְׂרָאֵל |
[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
for | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
Joab | H3097 | יוֹאָב |
[Proper Name Masculine] Jehovah-fathered; {Joab} the name of three Israelites |
held back | H2820 | חָשַׂךְ |
[Verb] to restrain or (reflexively) refrain; by implication to {refuse} spare: preserve; also (by interchange with H2821) to observe |
the people | H5971 | עַם |
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.