Ezra 4:24
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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...
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
שֵׁנִי
shênîy
properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ
Dârᵉyâvêsh
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
פָּרַס
Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ Dârᵉyâvêsh
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
Study H1868 →פָּרַס Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Study H6539 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Study H4639 →יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Study H3389 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
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