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2 Samuel 23

2 S. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he shall be as the light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
r of the morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
, when the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
riseth
zarach (Hebrew #2224)
properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
KJV usage: arise, rise (up), as soon as it is up.
Pronounce: zaw-rakh'
Origin: a primitive root
, even a morning
boqer (Hebrew #1242)
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
KJV usage: (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
Pronounce: bo'-ker
Origin: from 1239
without
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
clouds
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
; as the tender grass
deshe' (Hebrew #1877)
a sprout; by analogy, grass
KJV usage: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
Pronounce: deh'-sheh
Origin: from 1876
springing out of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
by clear shining
nogahh (Hebrew #5051)
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.
Pronounce: no'-gah
Origin: from 5050
after rain
matar (Hebrew #4306)
rain
KJV usage: rain.
Pronounce: maw-tawr'
Origin: from 4305
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as the light.
Jue. 5:31• 31Así perezcan todos tus enemigos, oh Jehová: Mas los que le aman, sean como el sol cuando nace en su fuerza. Y la tierra reposó cuarenta años. (Jue. 5:31)
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Sal. 89:36• 36Su simiente será para siempre, Y su trono como el sol delante de mí. (Sal. 89:36)
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Sal. 110:3• 3Tu pueblo serálo de buena voluntad en el día de tu poder, En la hermosura de la santidad: desde el seno de la aurora, Tienes tú el rocío de tu juventud. (Sal. 110:3)
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Pr. 4:18• 18Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora, Que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto. (Pr. 4:18)
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Is. 60:1,3,18‑20• 1Levántate, resplandece; que ha venido tu lumbre, y la gloria de Jehová ha nacido sobre ti.
3Y andarán las gentes á tu luz, y los reyes al resplandor de tu nacimiento.
18Nunca más se oirá en tu tierra violencia, destrucción ni quebrantamiento en tus términos; mas á tus muros llamarás Salud, y á tus puertas Alabanza.
19El sol nunca más te servirá de luz para el día, ni el resplandor de la luna te alumbrará; sino que Jehová te será por luz perpetua, y el Dios tuyo por tu gloria.
20No se pondrá jamás tu sol, ni menguará tu luna: porque te será Jehová por luz perpetua, y los días de tu luto serán acabados.
(Is. 60:1,3,18‑20)
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Os. 6:5• 5Por esta causa corté con los profetas, con las palabras de mi boca los maté; y tus juicios serán como luz que sale. (Os. 6:5)
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Mal. 4:2• 2Mas á vosotros los que teméis mi nombre, nacerá el Sol de justicia, y en sus alas traerá salud: y saldréis, y saltaréis como becerros de la manada. (Mal. 4:2)
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Lc. 1:78‑79• 78Por las entrañas de misericordia de nuestro Dios, Con que nos visitó de lo alto el Oriente,
79Para dar luz á los que habitan en tinieblas y en sombra de muerte; Para encaminar nuestros pies por camino de paz.
(Lc. 1:78‑79)
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Jn. 1:7• 7Este vino por testimonio, para que diese testimonio de la luz, para que todos creyesen por él. (Jn. 1:7)
mourning.
tender.
 How fresh, new, young, and immaculate everything is in this glory, in this dawning of the sun of righteousness! (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)
 "When from the sunshine, after rain, the green grass springeth from the earth" (2 Sam. 23:4). The renewed earth seems resurrected by its shining. Of Solomon, a type of Christ we read: "He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth" (Psa. 72:6).* Men, His people, are affected by his rays. Grass mowed down by judgment gives way to new grass: the remnant, a willing people. (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he shall be as the light of the morning, like the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; When from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.