Jeremiah 22:14
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
רָחָב
râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
לִשְׁכָּה
lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
קָצַץ
qâtsats
to chop off (literally or figuratively)
סָפַן
çâphan
to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
מָשַׁח
mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
English grammatical function word ('vermilion'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivale...
Key Terms in This Verse
מָשַׁח mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Study H4886 →English grammatical function word ('vermilion'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are ...
Study GRAM →סָפַן çâphan
to hide by covering; specifically, to roof (passive participle as noun, a roof) or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve
Study H5603 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →רָחָב râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
Study H7342 →לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
Study H3957 →Cross References
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border o...
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
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