2 Chronicles 8:5
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
בֵּית חוֹרוֹן
Bêyth Chôwrôwn
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
בֵּית חוֹרוֹן
Bêyth Chôwrôwn
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
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
בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Bêyth Chôwrôwn
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
Study H1032 →בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Bêyth Chôwrôwn
Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
Study H1032 →תַּחְתִּי tachtîy
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Study H8482 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →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
(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sough...
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
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