2 Kings 18:4

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He

נָסַע

nâçaʻ

H5265

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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and

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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the

פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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and

נָתַח

nâthach

H5408

to dismember

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down the

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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and

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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in

נָפַץ

nâphats

H5310

to dash to pieces, or scatter

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the

נְחֹשֶׁת

nᵉchôsheth

H5178

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

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נָחָשׁ

nâchâsh

H5175

a snake (from its hiss)

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that

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh

H4872

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

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

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for unto those

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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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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did

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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קְטֹרֶת

qᵉṭôreth

H7004

a fumigation

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to it and he

קָרָא

qârâʼ

H7121

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

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it

נְחֻשְׁתָּן

Nᵉchushtân

H5180

something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert

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Key Terms in This Verse

Nehushtan H5180

נְחֻשְׁתָּן Nᵉchushtân

something made of copper, i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert

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groves H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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brasen H5178

נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

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serpent H5175

נָחָשׁ nâchâsh

a snake (from its hiss)

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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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brake H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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brake H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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removed H5265

נָסַע nâçaʻ

properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney

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pieces H5310

נָפַץ nâphats

to dash to pieces, or scatter

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incense H7004

קְטֹרֶת qᵉṭôreth

a fumigation

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:1 cross-reference

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out...

2 Kings 18:22 cross-reference

But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this alt...

Leviticus 26:30 cross-reference

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

1 Kings 22:43 cross-reference

And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offer...

Judges 6:25 cross-reference

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and...

Judges 6:28 cross-reference

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was ...

Deuteronomy 7:5 cross-reference

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Exodus 23:24 cross-reference

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

2 Kings 12:3 cross-reference

But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2 Kings 15:4 cross-reference

Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.

2 Chronicles 19:3 cross-reference

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

2 Kings 15:35 cross-reference

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:3 cross-reference

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Kings 16:15 cross-reference

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the ...

Psalm 78:58 cross-reference

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

2 Kings 14:4 cross-reference

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.

2 Kings 23:4 cross-reference

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, ...

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