Ahimaaz = "my brother is anger (wrath)"

1. father-in-law of Saul

2. Zadok's son who aided David during Absalom's rebellion

3. a supply officer of Solomon

after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time)

1. as an adverb

   1. behind (of place)

   2. afterwards (of time)

2. as a preposition

   1. behind, after (of place)

   2. after (of time)

   3. besides

3. as a conjunction

   1. after that

4. as a substantive

   1. hinder part

5. with other prepositions

   1. from behind

   2. from following after

nothing, not, nought

1. nothing, nought

   negation

2. not

3. to have not (of possession)

   adverb

4. without

   with prepostition

5. for lack of

to, toward, unto (of motion)

into (limit is actually entered)

1. in among

toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)

against (motion or direction of a hostile character)

in addition to, to

concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of

according to (rule or standard)

at, by, against (of one's presence)

in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

I (first pers. sing. - usually used for emphasis)

you (second pers. sing. masc.)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

news, good news, tidings, reward for good news

1. good tidings

2. tidings, news

3. reward for good tidings

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 be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such

1. (alone)

   1. this one

   2. this...that, the one...the other, another

2. (appos to subst)

   1. this

3. (as predicate)

   1. this, such

4. (enclitically)

   1. then

   2. who, whom

   3. how now, what now

   4. what now

   5. wherefore now

   6. behold here

   7. just now

   8. now, now already

5. (poetry)

   1. wherein, which, those who

6. (with prefixes)

   1. in this (place) here, then

   2. on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter

   3. thus and thus

   4. as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus

   5. from here, hence, on one side...on the other side

   6. on this account

   7. in spite of this, which, whence, how

Joab = "Jehovah is father"

1. son of David's sister Zeruiah and general of David's army

2. a Judaite descendant of Kenaz

3. a post exilic family

to add, increase, do again

1. (Qal) to add, increase, do again

2. (Niphal)

   1. to join, join oneself to

   2. to be joined, be added to

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to add, increase

   2. to do more, do again

Cushi or Ethiopian = see Cushan "their blackness"

1. one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah through Ham and a member of that nation or people

2. one of Joab's couriers

3. (TWOT) Ethiopian

what, how, of what kind

1. (interrogative)

   1. what?

   2. of what kind

   3. what? (rhetorical)

   4. whatsoever, whatever, what

2. (adverb)

   1. how, how now

   2. why

   3. how! (exclamation)

3. (with preposition)

   1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?

   2. because of what?

   3. the like of what?

      1. how much?, how many?, how often?

      2. for how long?

   4. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?

   5. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?

      indefinite pronoun

anything, aught, what may

to find, attain to

1. (Qal)

   1. to find

      1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

      2. to find (what is lost)

      3. to meet, encounter

      4. to find (a condition)

      5. to learn, devise

   2. to find out

      1. to find out

      2. to detect

      3. to guess

   3. to come upon, light upon

      1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

      2. to hit

      3. to befall

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be found

      1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

      2. to appear, be recognised

      3. to be discovered, be detected

      4. to be gained, be secured

   2. to be, be found

      1. to be found in

      2. to be in the possession of

      3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

      4. to be left (after war)

      5. to be present

      6. to prove to be

      7. to be found sufficient, be enough

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to find, attain

   2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

   3. to cause to encounter

   4. to present (offering)

I (we) pray, now, please

1. used in entreaty or exhortation

a going round, continuance

still, yet, again, besides

1. still, yet (of continuance or persistence)

2. still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)

3. again

4. still, moreover, besides

Zadok = "righteous"

1. the high priest, son of Ahitub of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron, and 11th in descent from Aaron; joined David after Saul's death and supported him against Absalom and Adonijah; anointed Solomon as king

2. a priest, son of Meraioth, father of Meshullam of the house of Ahitub; apparently a nephew of 1

3. father of Jerusha, the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

4. son of Baana and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

5. son of Immer and repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

6. a leader of the people in the time of Nehemiah

7. a scribe appointed by Nehemiah as one of the treasurers over the storehouse

8. a valiant warrior of the tribe of Benjamin who joined David at Hebron. Same as 1?

to run

1. (Qal)

   1. to run

   2. runners (participle as subst)

2. (Polel) to run swiftly, dart

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring or move quickly, hurry

   2. to drive away from, cause to run away