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2 Samuel 23:20

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Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the [first] three.	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:	And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Benaiah^H1141 the son^H1121 of Jehoiada^H3077, the son^H1121 of a valiant^H2428 man^{H376 H381}, of Kabzeel^H6909, who had done many^H7227 acts^H6467, he slew^H5221 two^H8147 lionlike men^H739 of Moab^H4124: he went down^H3381 also and slew^H5221 a lion^H738 in the midst^H8432 of a pit^H953 in time^H3117 of snow^H7950:

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Original Hebrew

וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶן־יְהֹויָדָע בֶּן־אִישׁ־ [חַי כ] (חַיִל ק) רַב־פְּעָלִים מִקַּבְצְאֵל הוּא הִכָּה אֵת שְׁנֵי אֲרִאֵל מֹואָב וְהוּא יָרַד וְהִכָּה אֶת־ [הָאֲרִיַּה כ] (הָאֲרִי ק) בְּתֹוךְ הַבֹּאר בְּיֹום הַשָּׁלֶג׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/בְנָיָ֨הוּ	u./ve.na.Ya.hu	H1141	HC/Np	and/ Benaiah
בֶן	ven-	H1121	HNcmsc	(the) son of
יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע	ye.ho.ya.Da'	H3077	HNp	Jehoiada
בֶּן	ben-	H1121	HNcmsc	(was) a son of
אִֽישׁ	'ish-	H376	HNcmsc	a man
חי	chay	H2416	HAamsa
רַב	rav-	H7227	HAamsc	great of
פְּעָלִ֖ים	pe.'a.Lim	H6467	HNcmpa	deeds
מִֽ/קַּבְצְאֵ֑ל	mi./kav.tze.'El	H6909	HR/Np	from/ Kabzeel
ה֣וּא	hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
הִכָּ֗ה	hi.Kah	H5221	HVhp3ms	he struck down
אֵ֣ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׁנֵ֤י	she.Nei	H8147	HAcmdc	(the) two
אֲרִאֵל֙	'a.ri.'El	H739	HNp	(the) lion-like men of
מוֹאָ֔ב	mo.'Av	H4124	HNp	Moab
וְ֠/הוּא	Ve./hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ he
יָרַ֞ד	ya.Rad	H3381	HVqp3ms	he went down
וְ/הִכָּ֧ה	ve./hi.Kah	H5221	HC/Vhp3ms	and/ he struck down
אֶֽת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
ה/אריה	ʼărîy	H738	HTd/Ncmsa
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) midst of
הַ/בֹּ֖אר	ha./Bor	H953	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ pit
בְּ/י֥וֹם	be./Yom	H3117	HR/Ncmsc	on/ (the) day of
הַ/שָּֽׁלֶג	ha./Sha.leg	H7950	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ snow

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (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, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H381 — אִישׁ־חַיִל (ʼÎysh-Chayil, eesh-khah'-yil): from אִישׁ and חַיִל; man of might; by defective transcription (2 Samuel 23:20) אִישׁ־חַיxlit ʼÎsh-Chay corrected to ʼÎysh-Chay; as if from אִישׁ and חַי; living man; Ishchail (or Ish-chai), an Israelite; a valiant man.
• H738 — אֲרִי (ʼărîy, ar-ee'): or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
• H739 — אֲרִיאֵל (ʼărîyʼêl, ar-ee-ale'): or אֲרִאֵל; from אֲרִי and אֵל; lion of God; i.e. heroic; lionlike men.
• H953 — בּוֹר (bôwr, bore): from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1141 — בְּנָיָה (Bᵉnâyâh, ben-aw-yaw'): or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from בָּנָה and יָהּ; Jah has built; Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites; Benaiah.
• H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
• H3077 — יְהוֹיָדָע (Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ, yeh-ho-yaw-daw'): from יְהֹוָה and יָדַע; Jehovah-known; Jehojada, the name of three Israelites; Jehoiada. Compare יוֹיָדָע.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H4124 — מוֹאָב (Môwʼâb, mo-awb): from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H6467 — פֹּעַל (pôʻal, po'-al): from פָּעַל; an act or work (concretely); act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
• H6909 — קַבְצְאֵל (Qabtsᵉʼêl, kab-tseh-ale'): from קָבַץ and אֵל; God has gathered; Kabtseel, a place in Palestine; Kabzeel. Compare יְקַבְצְאֵל.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7950 — שֶׁלֶג (sheleg, sheh'-leg): from שָׁלַג; snow (probably from its whiteness); snow(-y).
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

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).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.

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