Judges 9:46
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
מִגְדָּל
migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
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...
בַּעַל בְּרִית
Baʻal Bᵉrîyth
Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
Key Terms in This Verse
בַּעַל בְּרִית Baʻal Bᵉrîyth
Baal-Berith, a special deity of the Shechemites
Study H1170 →מִגְדָּל migdâl
a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
Study H4026 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →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...
Study H430 →Cross References
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon h...
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