What Does 1 Samuel 29:4 Mean?

“were wroth”

to crack off, i.e., (figuratively) burst out in rage

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“And the princes”

a head person (of any rank or class)

“of the Philistines”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And the princes”

a head person (of any rank or class)

“of the Philistines”

a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth

“return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

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

“this fellow”

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)

“return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to his place”

properly, a standing, i.e., a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

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

“which thou hast appointed”

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

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

“him and let him not go down”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“lest in the battle”

a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)

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

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“he be an adversary”

an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) satan, the arch-enemy of good

“lest in the battle”

a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“to us for wherewith should he reconcile”

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

near, with or among; often in general, to

“himself unto his master”

sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)

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

“should it not be with the heads”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

“of these men”

properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)

they (only used when emphatic)