1 Kings 3:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
זָבַח
zâbach
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer...
Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
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