1 Samuel 22:17

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.

• וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

  vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

• הַמֶּ֡לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• לָרָצִים֩to the runners

  laratzimH7323 →103 times

• הַנִּצָּבִ֨יםwho were standing

  hanitzavimH5324 →75 times

• עָלָ֜יוwith him

  ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

• סֹ֥בּוּturn round

  sobuH5437 →161 times

• וְהָמִ֣יתוּ׀and put to death

  vehamituH4191 →839 times

• כֹּהֲנֵ֣י[the] priests of

  kohaneiH3548 →750 times

• יְהוָ֗הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• כִּ֤יfor

  kiH3588 →4482 times

• גַם־also

  gam-H1571 →769 times

• יָדָם֙hand their

  yadamH3027 →1618 times

• עִם־[is] with

  ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

• דָּוִ֔דDavid

  davidH1732 →999 times

• וְכִ֤יand for

  vekhiH3588 →4482 times

• יָֽדְעוּ֙they knew

  yadeuH3045 →945 times

• כִּֽי־that

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• בֹרֵ֣חַ[was] fleeing

  voreachH1272 →63 times

• ה֔וּאhe

  hu'H1931 →1879 times

• וְלֹ֥אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• גָל֖וּthey uncovered

  galuH1540 →186 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• אָזְנִ֑יear my

  ʾazeniH241 →187 times

• וְלֹֽא־and not

  velo'-H3808 →5168 times

• אָב֞וּthey were willing

  ʾavuH14 →54 times

• עַבְדֵ֤י[the] servants of

  ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times

• הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• לִשְׁלֹ֣חַto stretch out

  lishloachH7971 →845 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• יָדָ֔םhand their

  yadamH3027 →1618 times

• לִפְגֹ֖עַto fall

  lifgoa'H6293 →46 times

• בְּכֹהֲנֵ֥יon [the] priests of

  bekhohaneiH3548 →750 times

• יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 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

  Exodus 1:17

  The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

  it leads to

  • Acts 5:29

    But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

  • Exodus 1:21

    And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

  • Luke 12:5

    But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

  • Matthew 10:28

    Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:13

    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

• Through

  1 Samuel 14:45

  But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the…

  it leads to

  • Luke 21:18

    Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

  • Acts 27:34

    So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

  • 2 Samuel 14:11

    “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD…