Ecclesiastes 9:14
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָצוֹר mâtsôwr
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
Study H4692 →צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
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