2 Chronicles 9:18
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
אָחַר
ʼâchar
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
כְּפִיר
kᵉphîyr
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
אָחַר
ʼâchar
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
Study H3715 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →Cross References
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
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