Zephaniah 2:4
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
אַשְׁקְלוֹן
ʼAshqᵉlôwn
Ashkelon, a place in Palestine
שְׁמָמָה
shᵉmâmâh
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
אַשְׁדּוֹד
ʼAshdôwd
Ashdod, a place in Palestine
צֹהַר
tsôhar
a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors ...
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
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