2 Samuel 9:8
dead dog <03611 04191> [a dead dog.]
2 Samuel 16:9
Abishai <052> [Abishai.]
dead dog <03611 04191> [dead dog.]
curse <07043> [curse.]
go over <05674> [let me go.]
2 Samuel 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.]
