Therefore Abimelech
'Abiymelek (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech.
rose early
shakam (shaw-kam')
to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning -- (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
in the morning
boqer (bo'-ker)
dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning -- (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
and called
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
all his servants
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
and told
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
all these things
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
in their ears
'ozen (o'-zen)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
and the men
'enowsh (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
were sore
m`od (meh-ode')
vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.
afraid
yare' (yaw-ray')
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
