Thematic Bible: Epithet of contempt


Thematic Bible



Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, "Why doth this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go and take off the head of him." Verse ConceptsdogsBeheadingMental Abuse

And the Philistine said unto David, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff?" And he cursed David in the name of his gods. Verse ConceptsConfidence, Based OndogsUngodly Cursing

After whom art thou come out, thou king of Israel? After whom chasest thou? Even after a dead dog, and 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, then? That I, against Judah, do mercy unto the house of Saul thy father - and unto his brethren and kinsfolk - and have not delivered them into the hand of David? And thou layest a trespass to my charge this day for a woman's sake? Verse ConceptsBlameAnger, HumanLoyaltyOffenceNamed People Angry With OthersPeople Of Judah

And the other bowed himself and said, "What is thy servant that thou shouldst vouchsafe to look upon such a dead dog as I am?" Verse ConceptsdogsBowing Before DavidI Am Unimportant

And Hazael said, "What is thy servant, which am but a dog, that I should do this great thing?" And Elisha said, "For the LORD hath showed me, that thou shalt be king of Syria." Verse ConceptsdogsI Am Unimportantresiliencesyria

For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting. They are shameless dogs, that be never satisfied. The shepherds also in like manner have no understanding, but every man turneth his own way, everyone after his own covetousness, with all his power.

He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to whelps." Verse ConceptsFood Is FittingBreadGood ChildrenKidsPetshumor