2 Chronicles 11:14
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵוִיִּי
Lêvîyîy
a Levite or descendant of Levi
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מִגְרָשׁ
migrâsh
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
אֲחֻזָּה
ʼăchuzzâh
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
יָרׇבְעָם
Yârobʻâm
Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings
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 ...
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
כָּהַן
kâhan
to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּהַן kâhan
to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
Study H3547 →אֲחֻזָּה ʼăchuzzâh
something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land)
Study H272 →מִגְרָשׁ migrâsh
a suburb (i.e. open country whither flocks are driven from pasture); hence, the area around abuilding, or the margin of the sea
Study H4054 →כֹּהֵן kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Study H3548 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →Cross References
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himse...
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests o...
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