2 Chronicles 4:18
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁלֹמֹה
Shᵉlômôh
Shelomah, David's successor
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מִשְׁקָל
mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁקָל mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
Study H4948 →נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Study H5178 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →Cross References
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in ...
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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