2 Kings 6:22
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יֵשׁ
yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Key Terms in This Verse
יֵשׁ yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Study H3426 →גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →Cross References
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the b...
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
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