2 Chronicles 21:13
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
זָנָה
zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
תַּזְנוּת
taznûwth
harlotry, i.e. (figuratively) idolatry
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אַחְאָב
ʼAchʼâb
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
חָלָל
châlâl
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
זָנָה zânâh
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...
Study H2181 →אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
Study H256 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →Cross References
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, a...
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