2 Chronicles 26:15
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
מַחֲשָׁבָה
machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
פִּנָּה
pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
יָרָה
yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by ai...
חֵץ
chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
רָחַק
râchaq
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
פָּלָא
pâlâʼ
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh
a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
Study H4284 →פָּלָא pâlâʼ
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
Study H6381 →מָצוֹר mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
Study H4692 →פִּנָּה pinnâh
an angle; by implication, a pinnacle; figuratively, a chieftain
Study H6438 →יָרָה yârâh
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
Study H3384 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →חֵץ chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Study H2671 →Cross References
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To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
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