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Lexicon :: Strong's H376 - 'îš

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אִישׁ
Transliteration
'îš
Pronunciation
eesh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (H582) [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]
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TWOT Reference: 83a

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x

The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x
The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

  1. man

    1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

    2. husband

    3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

    4. servant

    5. mankind

    6. champion

    7. great man

  2. whosoever

  3. each (adjective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.
STRONGS H376: Abbreviations
אִישׁ 2166 noun masculine man (= vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prätl.c., but DHMZMG 1883, 330) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:23 +; construct Genesis 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי Genesis 29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁים Psalm 141:4 + 2 times (Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים Genesis 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ which see; construct אַנְשֵׁי Judges 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי 1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Genesis 2:23, 24; Leviticus 20:27; Numbers 5:6; Deuteronomy 17:2f; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 8:25; Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Genesis 19:8; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 38:25; Exodus 22:15; Leviticus 15:16 (שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) Leviticus 15:18 (בֶּןא׳ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ׳־ז׳ וְאִשָּׁה) Leviticus 20:10f; Numbers 5:13f; Deuteronomy 22:22f; Isaiah 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Genesis 3:6, 16; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 29:32, 34; Leviticus 21:7; Numbers 30:7f; Deuteronomy 28:56; Judges 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1 Samuel 25:19; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of י׳ as husband of Israel אִישִׁי Hosea 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Ecclesiastes 6:3; of male child Genesis 4:1 compare זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1 Samuel 1:11; man, opposed to beast Exodus 11:7; Leviticus 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Genesis 32:29; Numbers 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hosea 11:9 compare Isaiah 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17, 22 [**אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; ToyHpt אוֺנִים (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isaiah 8:1); אַמַּת־אִישׁ Deuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted אָדָם Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10; man, as valiant 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so, 1 Kings 2:2 compare 1 Samuel 26:15; so אִישׁ חַיִל [H381 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42] +; also אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Numbers 31:49; Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 +; even of י׳ Exodus 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן א׳ Genesis 42:30, 33, שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט א׳ Exodus 2:14, כֹּהֵן א׳ Leviticus 21:9, סָרִיס א׳ Jeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי Genesis 39:1; Exodus 2:11, 19 compare Genesis 37:28; Genesis 38:1, 2; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 30:11, 13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Numbers 25:6; Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Joshua 7:4, 5 +; also singular collective Deuteronomy 27:14; Joshua 9:6, 7; Judges 20:11; 1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; [H382 2 Samuel 10:6, 8] (טוֺב א׳); (so MI10; MI13); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 23:3; f 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 25:13 — Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 9:6f; 1 Kings 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה א׳ see above; שֵׂיבָה א׳ Deuteronomy 32:25, הַדָּמִים א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7, מָוֶת א׳ 1 Kings 2:26, חָמָס א׳ Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה א׳ Genesis 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה א׳ Genesis 9:20 (compare Zechariah 13:5), א׳ הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 17:23, בְּשׂרָה א׳ 2 Samuel 18:20, אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42, רֵעִים א׳ Proverbs 18:24; often distributive = each, every Genesis 9:5; Genesis 10:5; Genesis 40:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1 Chronicles 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּר־לֶחֶם; of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:30, 36; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Exodus 36:4; Numbers 4:19, 49; Ezekiel 14:4, 7 +; any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Leviticus 15:2; Leviticus 22:4, 18 +; of gods 2 Kings 18:33 = Isaiah 36:18; one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישׁ־ אֶת־אָחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ אָחִיו Deuteronomy 1:16; Micah 7:2 (see אָח), רֵעֵהוּ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ Genesis 11:3, 7 + (see רֵעַ) of inanimate things Genesis 15:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 2:24; 3:6; 3:16; 4:1; 7:2; 9:5; 9:20; 10:5; 11:3; 11:7; 12:20; 15:10; 16:3; 19:8; 24:16; 25:27; 25:27; 29:32; 29:32; 29:34; 32:29; 37:28; 38:1; 38:2; 38:25; 39:1; 39:14; 40:5; 42:30; 42:33

Exodus

2:11; 2:14; 2:19; 11:7; 12:3; 15:3; 22:15; 32:27; 34:3; 34:24; 36:4

Leviticus

15:2; 15:16; 15:18; 20:10; 20:15; 20:27; 21:7; 21:9; 22:4; 22:18

Numbers

4:19; 4:49; 5:6; 5:13; 23:19; 25:6; 30:7; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:16; 2:14; 2:16; 3:11; 17:2; 22:22; 27:14; 28:56; 32:25; 33:1; 33:8

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:21; 7:4; 7:5; 8:25; 9:6; 9:7; 14:6

Judges

6:27; 10:1; 13:8; 20:11

Ruth

1:3

1 Samuel

1:11; 4:9; 7:11; 9:6; 11:8; 17:4; 17:12; 17:23; 18:27; 23:3; 23:12; 24:3; 25:13; 25:19; 26:15; 30:11; 30:13; 31:7

2 Samuel

7:14; 16:7; 16:7; 18:20

1 Kings

2:2; 2:26; 7:30; 7:36; 12:13; 20:42

2 Kings

18:33

1 Chronicles

16:3

Job

9:32; 12:10; 32:13; 42:11

Psalms

22:7; 49:3; 62:10; 140:12; 141:4

Proverbs

3:31; 18:24

Ecclesiastes

6:3

Isaiah

4:1; 8:1; 31:8; 36:18; 40:13

Jeremiah

29:6; 38:7; 40:7

Ezekiel

14:4; 14:7; 16:45; 24:17; 24:17; 24:22; 24:22

Hosea

2:18; 9:4; 11:9

Micah

7:2

Zechariah

13:5

H376

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Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 2,182 times in 1,847 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 18 / 37 (1Sa 27:11–2Sa 8:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - And David saved neither man H376 nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:1 - And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man H376 cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:2 - And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow H376 return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:11 - So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:1 - And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, H376 either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:3 - So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man H376 for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 - So David went, he and the six hundred men H376 that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:10 - But David pursued, he and four hundred men: H376 for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11 - And they found an Egyptian H376 in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; H376 and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man H376 of them, save four hundred young men, H376 which rode upon camels, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - Then answered all the wicked men H376 and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man H376 his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:31 - And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:3 - And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:6 - So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - All the valiant men H376 arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man H376 came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:11 - Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, H376 an Amalekite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:3 - And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man H376 with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And they caught every one H376 his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one H376 from following his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men H376 and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men H376 died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, H376 even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - And her husband H376 went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person H376 in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:21 - And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, H376 to every one H376 a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one H376 to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: H376 and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars H376 with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

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