What Does 1 Samuel 25:34 Mean?

“For in very deed”

however or on the contrary

“liveth”

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin

“as the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“of Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which hath kept me back”

to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury

“from hurting”

properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e., bad (physically, socially or morally)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“thee except”

if not

“thou hadst hasted”

properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication)

“and come”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“to meet”

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“me surely there had not been left”

to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve

“unto Nabal”

nabal, an israelite

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“light”

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

“by the morning”

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

“any that pisseth”

(causatively) to make water, i.e., urinate

“against the wall”

a wall (as built in a trench)