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1 Kings 6:17


1 Kings 6:16 1 Kings 6:17 (KJV) 1 Kings 6:18
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].
And the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].
And the cedar of the house within [was] carved with knops and open flowers: all [was] cedar; there was no stone seen.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the houseH1004, that is, the templeH1964 beforeH3942 it, was fortyH705 cubitsH520 long.


Original Hebrew

וְאַרְבָּעִים בָּאַמָּה הָיָה הַבָּיִת הוּא הַהֵיכָל לִפְנָי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ/אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
ve./'ar.ba.'Im H705 HC/Acbpa and/ forty
בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה
ba./'a.Mah H520 HRd/Ncfsa by the/ cubit
הָיָ֣ה
ha.Yah H1961 HVqp3ms it was
הַ/בָּ֑יִת
ha./Ba.yit H1004 HTd/Ncmsa the/ house
ה֖וּא
hu' H1931 HPp3ms that
הַ/הֵיכָ֥ל
ha./hei.Khal H1964 HTd/Ncmsa (is) the/ temple
לִ/פְנָֽ/י
li/f.Na/i H3942 HR/Ncmpc/Sp1cs (to)/ before/ me
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh, am-maw'): prolonged from אֵם; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance); cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה), measure, post.
  • H705 — אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'): multiple of אַרְבַּע; forty; -forty.
  • H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  • H1964 — הֵיכָל (hêykâl, hay-kawl'): probably from יָכֹל (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple; palace, temple.
  • H3942 — לִפְנַי (liphnay, lif-nah'ee): from the prepositional prefix (to or for) and פָּנִים; anterior; before.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Cross References


Reciprocal references (2): 2 Chronicles 4:20, Ezekiel 41:2

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