What Does 1 Samuel 26:8 Mean?

“Then said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Abishai”

abishai, an israelite

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“hath delivered”

to shut up; figuratively, to surrender

“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

“this day”

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 asso

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

“thine enemy”

hating; an adversary

“into thine hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“now therefore let me smite”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“him I pray thee with the spear”

a lance (for thrusting, like pitching a tent)

“even to the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“at once”

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and I will not smite him the second time”

to fold, i.e., duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)