2 Chronicles 25:4
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
סֵפֶר
çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵפֶר çêpher
properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
Study H5612 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and...
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
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