1 Kings 9:8
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
שָׁמֵם
shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
שָׁרַק
shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁרַק shâraq
properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)
Study H8319 →שָׁמֵם shâmêm
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Study H8074 →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 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upo...
Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
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