2 Chronicles 23:20
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אַדִּיר
ʼaddîyr
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Study H5945 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the...
Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
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