1 Kings 6:21
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
צָפָה
tsâphâh
to sheet over (especially with metal)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
שַׁרְשְׁרָה
sharshᵉrâh
a chain; (architectural) probably a garland
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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...
דְּבִיר
dᵉbîyr
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
צָפָה
tsâphâh
to sheet over (especially with metal)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Key Terms in This Verse
עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →Cross References
And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
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