2 Kings 25:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
טַבָּח
ṭabbâch
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
טַבָּח ṭabbâch
properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food)
Study H2876 →Cross References
Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed un...
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the peop...
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
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