2 Chronicles 32:3
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מַעְיָן
maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעְיָן maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
Study H4599 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda...
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
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