2 Samuel 17:10

17:10

lion-hearted <03820> [heart.]

virtually melt away <04549> [utterly melt.]

father <01> [thy father.]

bravest soldier ............................ brave <02428> [and they which.]

2 Samuel 3:8

3:8

Abner <074> [Abner.]

head .... dog <03611 07218> [Am I a dog's head.]

This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle."

demonstrating <06213> [do shew.]