What Does 2 Samuel 14:25 Mean?

“as Absalom”

abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite

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)

“there was none”

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)

“for his beauty”

beautiful (literally or figuratively)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“But in all Israel”

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

“praised”

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ

“to be so much”

properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or

“from the sole”

the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-

“of his foot”

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

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

“even to the crown of his head”

the crown of the head (as the part most bowed)

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)

“there was no blemish”

a blemish (physically or morally)