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2 Samuel 23:3 - Word

2 Samuel 23:3 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
The 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
of Israel	H3478	יִשְׂרָאֵל	[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
said	H559	אָמַר	[Verb] to say (used with great latitude)
the Rock	H6697	צוּר	[Noun Masculine] properly a cliff (or sharp {rock} as compressed); generally a rock or boulder; figuratively a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
of Israel	H3478	יִשְׂרָאֵל	[Proper Name Masculine] he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
spake	H1696	דָבַר	[Verb] perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
to me He that ruleth over	H4910	מָשַׁל	[Verb] to rule
men	H120	אָדָם	[Noun Masculine] {ruddy} that {is} a human being (an individual or the {species} {mankind } etc.)
must be just	H6662	צַדִּיק	[Adjective] just
ruling	H4910	מָשַׁל	[Verb] to rule
in the fear	H3374	יִרְאָה	[Noun Feminine] fear (also used as infinitive); morally reverence
of 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

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