Ezra 4:2
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
זְרֻבָּבֶל
Zᵉrubbâbel
Zerubbabel, an Israelite
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
דַּי
day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אֵסַר־חַדּוֹן
ʼÊçar-Chaddôwn
Esar-chaddon, an Assyrian king
אַשּׁוּר
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
Key Terms in This Verse
אַשּׁוּר ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
Study H804 →דַּי day
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
Study H1767 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon h...
And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and t...
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice;...
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings there...
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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