What Does 2 Samuel 3:27 Mean?

“was returned”

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

“And when Abner”

abner, an israelite

“to Hebron”

chebron, the name of two israelites

“took him aside”

to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)

“Joab”

joab, the name of three israelites

“in”

near, with or among; often in general, to

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center

“the gate”

an opening, i.e., door or gate

“to speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“with him quietly”

privacy

“and smote”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

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

“him there under the fifth”

the abdomen (as obese)

“rib that he died”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“for the blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe

“of Asahel”

asahel, the name of four israelites

“his brother”

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])