2 Chronicles 17:6

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And his

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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was

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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up in the

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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he

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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the

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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and

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

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

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out of

יְהוּדָה

Yᵉhûwdâh

H3063

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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Key Terms in This Verse

groves H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

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

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lifted H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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moreover H5750

עוֹד ʻôwd

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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ways H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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high H5945

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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took H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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Judah H3063

יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh

Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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away H5493

סוּר çûwr

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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Cross References

Hosea 14:9 cross-reference

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Psalm 119:1 cross-reference

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 15:17 cross-reference

But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

2 Chronicles 20:33 cross-reference

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Psalm 138:5 cross-reference

Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.

1 Kings 22:43 cross-reference

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...

2 Chronicles 19:3 cross-reference

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

Acts 13:10 cross-reference

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

2 Chronicles 14:3 cross-reference

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

2 Chronicles 31:1 cross-reference

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out...

Job 22:26 cross-reference

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Deuteronomy 28:47 cross-reference

Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

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