2 Chronicles 3:8
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
רֹחַב
rôchab
width (literally or figuratively)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
רֹחַב
rôchab
width (literally or figuratively)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
צָפָה
tsâphâh
to sheet over (especially with metal)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
English grammatical function word ('amounting'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
כִּכָּר
kikkâr
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or la...
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('amounting'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →כִּכָּר kikkâr
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Study H3603 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →שֵׁשׁ shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Study H8337 →אַמָּה ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Study H520 →Cross References
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most hol...
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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