2 Kings 9:24
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יֵהוּא
Yêhûwʼ
Jehu, the name of five Israelites
קֶשֶׁת
qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
יְהוֹרָם
Yᵉhôwrâm
Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
חֵץ
chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Key Terms in This Verse
חֵץ chêts
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Study H2671 →זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Study H2220 →קֶשֶׁת qesheth
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
Study H7198 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →Cross References
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the ho...
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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