1 Kings 16:24
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קָנָה
qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
Shomeron, a place in Palestine
שֶׁמֶר
Shemer
Shemer, the name of three Israelites
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
כִּכָּר
kikkâr
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or la...
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
שֶׁמֶר
Shemer
Shemer, the name of three Israelites
בַּעַל
baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
Shomeron, a place in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
בַּעַל baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Study H1167 →קָנָה qânâh
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
Study H7069 →כִּכָּר kikkâr
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Study H3603 →Cross References
For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and t...
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