2 Chronicles 33:14
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
גִּיחוֹן
Gîychôwn
Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
דָּגָה
dâgâh
{a fish (often used collectively)}
סָבַב
çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Key Terms in This Verse
גִּיחוֹן Gîychôwn
Gichon, a river of Paradise; also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem
Study H1521 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →סָבַב çâbab
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
Study H5437 →פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →יָם yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the sou...
Study H3220 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →Cross References
But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate...
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields i...
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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