Jeremiah 26:23
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
אוּרִיָּה
ʼÛwrîyâh
Urijah, the name of one Hittite and five Israelites
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
יְהוֹיָקִים
Yᵉhôwyâqîym
Jehojakim, a Jewish king
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →חֶרֶב chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Study H2719 →Cross References
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me un...
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
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