Ezra 6:1
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ
Dârᵉyâvêsh
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תּוּר
tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
גִּלָּיוֹן
gillâyôwn
a tablet for writing (as bare); by analogy, a mirror (as a plate)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Key Terms in This Verse
גִּלָּיוֹן gillâyôwn
a tablet for writing (as bare); by analogy, a mirror (as a plate)
Study H1549 →דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ Dârᵉyâvêsh
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
Study H1868 →תּוּר tûwr
to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring
Study H8446 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →בָּבֶל Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
Study H894 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this h...
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, an...
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in...
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this...
And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
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