1 Samuel 18:16

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.

• וְכָל־and all

  vekholH3605 →5413 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• וִיהוּדָ֔הand Judah

  vihudahH3063 →819 times

• אֹהֵ֖ב[were] loving

  ʾohevH157 →211 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• דָּוִ֑דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• כִּֽי־for

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• ה֛וּאhe

  hu'H1931 →1879 times

• יוֹצֵ֥א[was] going out

  yotze'H3318 →1067 times

• וָבָ֖אand [was] coming

  vava'H935 →2568 times

• לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ פ<to> before them

  lifneihemH6440 →2123 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 5:2

  Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel,…

  it leads to

  • Matthew 2:6

    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…

  • Micah 5:4

    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…

  • Ezekiel 34:23

    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

  • Ezekiel 37:24–25

    My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.

  • John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

• Through

  Numbers 27:17

  who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

  it leads to

  • Ezekiel 34:5

    They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.

• Through

  1 Samuel 18:5

  So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and…

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 18:30

    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

• Through

  1 Kings 3:7

  And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

  it leads to

  • Numbers 27:17

    who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”