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1 Kings 1:3

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Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.	So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.	And the damsel [was] very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So they sought^H1245 for a fair^H3303 damsel^H5291 throughout all the coasts^H1366 of Israel^H3478, and found^H4672 Abishag^H49 a Shunammite^H7767, and brought^H935 her to the king^H4428.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ נַעֲרָה יָפָה בְּכֹל גְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־אֲבִישַׁג הַשּׁוּנַמִּית וַיָּבִאוּ אֹתָהּ לַמֶּלֶךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְבַקְשׁוּ֙	va/y.vak.Shu	H1245	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they sought
נַעֲרָ֣ה	na.'a.Rah	H5291	HNcfsa	a young woman
יָפָ֔ה	ya.Fah	H3303	HAafsa	beautiful
בְּ/כֹ֖ל	be./Khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	in/ all
גְּב֣וּל	ge.Vul	H1366	HNcmsc	(the) territory of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֗וּ	va/i.yim.tze.'U	H4672	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they found
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
אֲבִישַׁג֙	'a.vi.Shag	H49	HNp	Abishag
הַ/שּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית	ha./Shu.na.Mit	H7767	HTd/Ngfsa	the/ Shunammite
וַ/יָּבִ֥אוּ	va/i.ya.Vi.'u	H935	HC/Vhw3mp	and/ they brought
אֹתָ֖/הּ	'o.Ta/h	H853	HTo/Sp3fs	(obj.)/ her
לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ	la./Me.lekh	H4428	HRd/Ncmsa	to the/ king

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H49 — אֲבִישַׁג (ʼĂbîyshag, ab-ee-shag'): from אָב and שָׁגָה; father of error (i.e. blundering); Abishag, a concubine of David; Abishag.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
• H1366 — גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'): or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from גָּבַל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
• H3303 — יָפֶה (yâpheh, yaw-feh'): from יָפָה; beautiful (literally or figuratively); [phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5291 — נַעֲרָה (naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'): feminine of נַעַר; a girl (from infancy to adolescence); damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
• H7767 — שׁוּנַמִּית (Shûwnammîyth, shoo-nam-meeth'): patrial from שׁוּנֵם; a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem; Shunamite.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Abishag — 1 Kings 2:17-25
• Shunammite — Joshua 19:18, 1 Samuel 28:4, 2 Kings 4:8, 2 Kings 4:25
• So — Esther 2:2, Esther 2:4

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ABISHAG, DAVID, DIPLOMACY, SHUNAMMITE, SHUNEM

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