2 Chronicles 7:16

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For now have I

בָּחַר

bâchar

H977

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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and

קָדַשׁ

qâdash

H6942

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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this

בַּיִת

bayith

H1004

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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that my

שֵׁם

shêm

H8034

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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may be there for

עוֹלָם

ʻôwlâm

H5769

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...

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and

אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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and

אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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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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shall be there

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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Key Terms in This Verse

perpetually H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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sanctified H6942

קָדַשׁ qâdash

to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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chosen H977

בָּחַר bâchar

properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select

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ever H5769

עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm

properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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mine H589

אֲנִי ʼănîy

I

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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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name H8034

שֵׁם shêm

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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house H1004

בַּיִת bayith

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:15 cross-reference

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:12 cross-reference

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

1 Kings 9:3 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes...

2 Chronicles 6:20 cross-reference

That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this...

Colossians 2:9 cross-reference

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Psalm 132:14 cross-reference

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

Zechariah 3:2 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

1 Kings 8:44 cross-reference

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for ...

Matthew 3:17 cross-reference

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

1 Kings 8:35 cross-reference

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

1 Kings 8:48 cross-reference

And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fat...

Deuteronomy 12:21 cross-reference

If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee,...

Deuteronomy 16:11 cross-reference

And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherl...

1 Kings 8:16 cross-reference

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my peop...

2 Kings 21:4 cross-reference

And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

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