1 Kings 14:23

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For they also

בָּנָה

bânâh

H1129

to build (literally and figuratively)

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them

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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and

פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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and

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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on every

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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and under every

רַעֲנָן

raʻănân

H7488

verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous

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עֵץ

ʻêts

H6086

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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Key Terms in This Verse

groves H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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green H7488

רַעֲנָן raʻănân

verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous

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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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hill H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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built H1129

בָּנָה bânâh

to build (literally and figuratively)

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tree H6086

עֵץ ʻêts

a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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high H5945

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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high H5945

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:2 cross-reference

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Isaiah 57:5 cross-reference

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Leviticus 26:1 cross-reference

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

Micah 5:14 cross-reference

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

Jeremiah 2:20 cross-reference

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

2 Chronicles 28:4 cross-reference

He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

Deuteronomy 16:22 cross-reference

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

1 Kings 14:15 cross-reference

For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because t...

Jeremiah 3:13 cross-reference

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the L...

Jeremiah 17:2 cross-reference

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

1 Kings 3:2 cross-reference

Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

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