1 Chronicles 2:23
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יָאִיר
Yâʼîyr
Jair, the name of four Israelites
קְנָת
Qᵉnâth
Kenath, a place East of the Jordan
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
מָנָה
mânâh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲרָם ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Study H758 →מָנָה mânâh
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
Study H4490 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Study H1568 →Cross References
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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