2 Kings 17:14
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶפֶס
ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or fo...
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
צַוָּאר tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Study H6677 →קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →אֶפֶס ʼepheç
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Study H657 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
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