NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Then SaulSha'uwl (shaw-ool') asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Saul, Shaul. arose quwm (koom) to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) and went down yarad (yaw-rad') to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) to the wilderness midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. of Ziph Ziyph (zeef) flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite -- Ziph. having three shalowsh (shaw-loshe') masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice thousand 'eleph (eh'-lef) hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand. chosen bachar (baw-khar') to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. men 'iysh (eesh) 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) of Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. with him to seek baqash (baw-kash') to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after David David (daw-veed') loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David. in the wilderness midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. of Ziph Ziyph (zeef) flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite -- Ziph. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. King James Bible Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. Holman Christian Standard Bible So Saul, accompanied by 3,000 of the choice men of Israel, went to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there. International Standard Version So Saul rose and went down with 3,000 select men of Israel to the Wilderness of Ziph, to look for David in the Wilderness of Ziph. NET Bible So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph. GOD'S WORD® Translation Saul went to the desert of Ziph, taking with him 3,000 of Israel's best-trained men to search for David. King James 2000 Bible Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. Links 1 Samuel 26:21 Samuel 26:2 NIV 1 Samuel 26:2 NLT 1 Samuel 26:2 ESV 1 Samuel 26:2 NASB 1 Samuel 26:2 KJV |