Thematic Bible: Epithet of contempt


Thematic Bible



Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. Verse ConceptsdogsBeheadingMental Abuse

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. Verse ConceptsConfidence, Based OndogsUngodly Cursing

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? Verse ConceptsBlameAnger, HumanLoyaltyOffenceNamed People Angry With OthersPeople Of Judah

And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? Verse ConceptsdogsBowing Before DavidI Am Unimportant

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. Verse ConceptsdogsI Am Unimportantresiliencesyria

His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. Verse ConceptsFood Is FittingBreadGood ChildrenKidsPetshumor

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