2 Kings 17:25

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And so it was at the

רֵאשִׁית

rêʼshîyth

H7225

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)

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of their

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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there that they

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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not the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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כְּפִיר

kᵉphîyr

H3715

a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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them which

הָרַג

hârag

H2026

to smite with deadly intent

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some of them

Key Terms in This Verse

lions H3715

כְּפִיר kᵉphîyr

a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)

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dwelling H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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feared H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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beginning H7225

רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)

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slew H2026

הָרַג hârag

to smite with deadly intent

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sent H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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among H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:41 cross-reference

So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

2 Kings 17:32 cross-reference

So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.

2 Kings 17:34 cross-reference

Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the c...

Joshua 22:25 cross-reference

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:6 cross-reference

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau...

1 Kings 13:24 cross-reference

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

Ezekiel 14:15 cross-reference

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

1 Kings 20:36 cross-reference

Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found h...

2 Kings 2:24 cross-reference

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Ezekiel 14:21 cross-reference

For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

Jeremiah 15:3 cross-reference

And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.

2 Kings 17:28 cross-reference

Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.

Daniel 6:26 cross-reference

I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,...

Jonah 1:9 cross-reference

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

Jeremiah 10:7 cross-reference

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

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