Ezra 8:23

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us."

Word-by-Word Analysis

So we

צוּם

tsûwm

H6684

to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast

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and

חָנַן

chânan

H2603

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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our

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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for this and he was

עָתַר

ʻâthar

H6279

to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)

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of us

Key Terms in This Verse

fasted H6684

צוּם tsûwm

to cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast

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intreated H6279

עָתַר ʻâthar

to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)

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besought H2603

חָנַן chânan

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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God H430

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Ezra 8:31 cross-reference

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such a...

Deuteronomy 4:29 cross-reference

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

Esther 4:16 cross-reference

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto...

1 Chronicles 5:20 cross-reference

And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put th...

Daniel 9:3 cross-reference

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Isaiah 19:22 cross-reference

And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3 cross-reference

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Nehemiah 9:1 cross-reference

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

Luke 2:37 cross-reference

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Acts 10:30 cross-reference

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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