2 Kings 16:3

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel."

Word-by-Word Analysis

But he

הָלַךְ

hâlak

H1980

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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in the

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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of the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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and

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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his

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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to

עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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the

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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פֶּה

peh

H6310

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...

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to the

תּוֹעֵבַה

tôwʻêbah

H8441

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

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of the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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whom the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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שָׁלַךְ

shâlak

H7993

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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out from

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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the

בֵּן

bên

H1121

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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Key Terms in This Verse

abominations H8441

תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

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walked H1980

הָלַךְ hâlak

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

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heathen H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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kings H4428

מֶלֶךְ melek

a king

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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through H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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cast H7993

שָׁלַךְ shâlak

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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according H6310

פֶּה peh

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:31 cross-reference

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t...

Leviticus 18:21 cross-reference

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

2 Kings 21:2 cross-reference

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 17:17 cross-reference

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 21:11 cross-reference

Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:

2 Chronicles 22:3 cross-reference

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

Ezekiel 20:26 cross-reference

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

2 Kings 23:10 cross-reference

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

Ezekiel 16:47 cross-reference

Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

Ezekiel 16:21 cross-reference

That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?

1 Kings 14:24 cross-reference

And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

Jeremiah 32:35 cross-reference

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither ...

Ezekiel 20:31 cross-reference

For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I...

2 Kings 8:18 cross-reference

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:6 cross-reference

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with w...

2 Kings 21:6 cross-reference

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him t...

Leviticus 20:2 cross-reference

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put ...

Psalm 106:35 cross-reference

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

2 Chronicles 33:2 cross-reference

But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 18:10 cross-reference

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

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