2 Kings 17:16

Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data

"And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And they

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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all the

מִצְוָה

mitsvâh

H4687

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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their

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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and

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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them

מַסֵּכָה

maççêkâh

H4541

properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured...

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פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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שְׁנַיִם

shᵉnayim

H8147

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

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עֵגֶל

ʻêgel

H5695

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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and

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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a

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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and

שָׁחָה

shâchâh

H7812

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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all the

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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of

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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and

עָבַד

ʻâbad

H5647

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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בַּעַל

Baʻal

H1168

Baal, a Phoenician deity

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Key Terms in This Verse

grove H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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calves H5695

עֵגֶל ʻêgel

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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molten H4541

מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh

properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)

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Baal H1168

בַּעַל Baʻal

Baal, a Phoenician deity

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worshipped H7812

שָׁחָה shâchâh

to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)

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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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served H5647

עָבַד ʻâbad

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

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commandments H4687

מִצְוָה mitsvâh

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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host H6635

צָבָא tsâbâʼ

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

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left H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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Cross References

1 Kings 16:31 cross-reference

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1 Kings 14:23 cross-reference

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1 Kings 14:15 cross-reference

For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because t...

1 Kings 12:28 cross-reference

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...

Deuteronomy 4:19 cross-reference

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD...

2 Kings 11:18 cross-reference

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the ...

2 Kings 21:3 cross-reference

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, an...

1 Kings 16:33 cross-reference

And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

1 Kings 22:53 cross-reference

For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

1 Kings 15:13 cross-reference

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

2 Kings 17:10 cross-reference

And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

Exodus 32:4 cross-reference

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt...

Exodus 32:8 cross-reference

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, w...

Jeremiah 8:2 cross-reference

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and wh...

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