2 Kings 7:6

Old Testament • 26 words with Strong's data

"For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

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

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the

צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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of the

אֲרָם

ʼĂrâm

H758

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

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to

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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a

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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of

רֶכֶב

rekeb

H7393

a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone

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and a

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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of

סוּס

çûwç

H5483

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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the

קוֹל

qôwl

H6963

a voice or sound

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of a

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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צָבָא

tsâbâʼ

H6635

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...

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and they

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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to

אַחֵר

ʼachêr

H312

properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.

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אֲרוּ

ʼărûw

H718

lo!

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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hath

שָׂכַר

sâkar

H7936

to hire

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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us the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of the

חִתִּי

Chittîy

H2850

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

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and the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of the

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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upon us

Key Terms in This Verse

Hittites H2850

חִתִּי Chittîy

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

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hired H7936

שָׂכַר sâkar

to hire

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Syrians H758

אֲרָם ʼĂrâm

Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite

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noise H6963

קוֹל qôwl

a voice or sound

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noise H6963

קוֹל qôwl

a voice or sound

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noise H6963

קוֹל qôwl

a voice or sound

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Egyptians H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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horses H5483

סוּס çûwç

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

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chariots H7393

רֶכֶב rekeb

a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone

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Lo H718

אֲרוּ ʼărûw

lo!

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:24 cross-reference

And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Phili...

Isaiah 31:1 cross-reference

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra...

1 Kings 10:29 cross-reference

And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bri...

Revelation 9:9 cross-reference

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Isaiah 36:9 cross-reference

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Job 15:21 cross-reference

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Psalm 14:5 cross-reference

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

Ezekiel 10:5 cross-reference

And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

2 Kings 19:7 cross-reference

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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