1 Kings 15:12
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
קָדֵשׁ
qâdêsh
a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
גִּלּוּל
gillûwl
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
קָדֵשׁ qâdêsh
a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry
Study H6945 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete...
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
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