2 Chronicles 15:17
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אַךְ
ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
אָסָא
ʼÂçâʼ
Asa, the name of a king and of a Levite
תָּמִים
tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
אַךְ ʼak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Study H389 →תָּמִים tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
Study H8549 →עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer...
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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