2 Kings 23:8
Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data
"And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
כֹּהֵן
kôhên
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
פֶּחָה
pechâh
a prefect (of a city or small district)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
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
פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Study H2930 →Cross References
Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Ge...
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the c...
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
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