2 Kings 6:25
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
שֹׁמְרוֹן
Shômᵉrôwn
Shomeron, a place in Palestine
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
מָכַר
mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
רְבִיעִי
rᵉbîyʻîy
fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
חֵלֶק
chêleq
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
קַב
qab
a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure
יוֹנָה
yôwnâh
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
Key Terms in This Verse
צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →מָכַר mâkar
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
Study H4376 →Cross References
And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land ...
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: ...
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians:...
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
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