2 Kings 2:20
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּקְבֻּק
baqbuq
a bottle (from the gurgling in emptying)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desol...
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
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