1 Kings 9:23
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
שֹׁטֵר
shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr
properly, a scribe, i.e. (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or magistrate
Study H7860 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →Cross References
Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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