Thus they made
karath  (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
a covenant
briyth  (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
at Beersheba
B'er Sheba`  (be-ayr' sheh'-bah)
well of an oath; Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine -- Beer-shebah.
then Abimelech
'Abiymelek  (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech.
rose up
quwm  (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
and Phichol
Piykol  (pee-kole')
mouth of all; Picol, a Philistine -- Phichol.
the chief captain
sar  (sar)
a head person (of any rank or class) -- captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, (-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
of his host
tsaba'  (tsaw-baw')
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
and they returned
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
into the land
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of the Philistines
Plishtiy  (pel-ish-tee')
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine.


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