Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Samuel 12:16 - Besought
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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David | H1732 | דָּוִד |
[Proper Name Masculine] loving; {David} the youngest son of Jesse |
therefore besought | H1245 | בָּקַשׁ |
[Verb] to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after |
God | H430 | אֱלֹהִים |
[Noun Masculine] gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative |
for | H1157 | בְּעַד |
[Preposition] in up to or over against; generally {at} beside: {among} behind: {for} etc. |
the child | H5288 | נַעַר |
[Noun Masculine] (concretely) a boy (as {active}) from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant; also (by interchange of {sex}) a girl (of similar latitude in age) |
and David | H1732 | דָּוִד |
[Proper Name Masculine] loving; {David} the youngest son of Jesse |
fasted | H6684 | צוּם |
[Verb] to cover over (the {mouth}) that {is} to fast |
and went | H935 | בּוֹא |
[Verb] to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
in and lay | H7901 | שָׁכַב |
[Verb] to lie down (for {rest} sexual {connection} decease or any other purpose) |
all | H3605 | כֹּל |
[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense) |
night | H3885 | לוּן |
[Verb] to stop (usually over night); by implication to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in {words} to complain) |
upon the earth | H776 | אֶרֶץ |
[Noun Feminine] the earth (at {large} or partitively a land) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.