Abner = "my father is a lamp"

1. Saul's cousin and army captain, treacherously slain by Joab

ear, as part of the body

ear, as organ of hearing

(subjective) to uncover the ear to reveal; the receiver of divine revelation

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

1. Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother

2. son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin

3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

4. the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

also, even, indeed, moreover, yea

1. also, moreover (giving emphasis)

2. neither, neither...nor (with negative)

3. even (for stress)

4. indeed, yea (introducing climax)

5. also (of correspondence or retribution)

6. but, yet, though (adversative)

7. even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)

(TWOT) again, alike

to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

1. (Qal) to speak

2. (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk

3. (Piel)

   1. to speak

   2. to promise

4. (Pual) to be spoken

5. (Hithpael) to speak

6. (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

David = "beloved"

1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

Hebron = "association"

1. a city in south Judah approx 20 south of Jerusalem and approx 20 miles (30 km) north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar

   proper masculine noun

2. the 3rd son of Kohath and grandson of Levi

3. a descendant of Caleb

good, pleasant, agreeable

1. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

2. pleasant (to the higher nature)

3. good, excellent (of its kind)

4. good, rich, valuable in estimation

5. good, appropriate, becoming

6. better (comparative)

7. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

8. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

9. good, kind, benign

10. good, right (ethical)

    masculine noun

a good thing, benefit, welfare

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. good, benefit

4. moral good

   feminine noun

welfare, benefit, good things

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. bounty

to go, walk, come

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

   2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

2. (Hiphil) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

eye

1. eye

   1. of physical eye

   2. as showing mental qualities

   3. of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

spring, fountain