1 Chronicles 11:20

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וְאַבְשַׁ֣יand Abishai

  veavshaiH52 →25 times

• אֲחִֽי־[the] brother of

  ʾachi-H251 →630 times

• יוֹאָ֗בJoab

  yoavH3097 →144 times

• ה֤וּאhe

  hu'H1931 →1879 times

• הָיָה֙he was

  hayahH1961 →3559 times

• רֹ֣אשׁ[the] chief of

  roshH7218 →599 times

• הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֔הthe three

  hasheloshahH7969 →432 times

• וְהוּא֙and he

  vehu'H1931 →1879 times

• עוֹרֵ֣רhe wielded

  orerH5782 →80 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• חֲנִית֔וֹspear his

  chanitoH2595 →47 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• שְׁלֹ֥שׁthree

  sheloshH7969 →432 times

• מֵא֖וֹתhundred<s>

  meotH3967 →581 times

• חָלָ֑ל[one] slain

  chalalH2491 →94 times

• וְלוֹand [belonged] to him

  velo-

• שֵׁ֖םa name

  shemH8034 →864 times

• בַּשְּׁלוֹשָֽׁה׃with the three

  basheloshahH7969 →432 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  2 Samuel 21:17

  But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the…

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 11:36

    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

  • 2 Samuel 18:3

    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you…

  • Psalms 132:17

    There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.

  • 1 Kings 15:4

    Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

• Through

  2 Samuel 2:18

  The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

  it leads to

  • 1 Chronicles 12:8

    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions…

  • Habakkuk 3:19

    GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.

• Through

  1 Samuel 26:6

  And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

  it leads to

  • Judges 7:10–11

    But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah

• Through

  2 Samuel 18:2

  He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will…

  it leads to

  • Judges 7:16

    And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.