1 Samuel 18:3

1 Samuel 18:3

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

a. NLT: And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.

b. NIV: And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

c. YLT: And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life.

e. Septuagint: The Septuagint does not contain the first 5 verses of 1 Samuel 18. It does not start until 1 Samuel 18:6. Have no idea.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Jonathan and David sealed a covenant, since each loved the other as himself

1. “Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”

a. Jonathan [3083 * Yhownathan] [Strong: from 3068 and 5414; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites:--Jonathan.]

b. and David  [1732 * David; or Daviyd] [Strong: from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse:--David.]

c. made   [3772 * karath] [Strong: a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces):--be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.]

d. a covenant [1285 * briyth] from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.]

e. because he loved him [160 * 'ahabah] [Strong: feminine of 158 and meaning the same:--love.]

f. as his own soul [5315 * nephesh] [Strong: from 5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.]

1). 1). Matthew 22:36-40 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.