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2 Chronicles 15:3

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And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.	Now for a long season Israel [hath been] without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.	But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now for a long^H7227 season^H3117 Israel^H3478 hath been without^H3808 the true^H571 God^H430, and without a teaching^H3384 priest^H3548, and without law^H8451.

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Original Hebrew

וְיָמִים רַבִּים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְלֹא ׀ אֱלֹהֵי אֱמֶת וּלְלֹא כֹּהֵן מֹורֶה וּלְלֹא תֹורָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/יָמִ֥ים	ve./ya.Mim	H3117	HC/Ncmpa	and/ days
רַבִּ֖ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many
לְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	le./Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HR/Np	(belonged) to/ Israel
לְ/לֹ֣א	le./Lo'	H3808	HR/Tn	to/ not
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	H430	HNcmpc	(the) God of
אֱמֶ֗ת	'e.Met	H571	HNcfsa	truth
וּ/לְ/לֹ֛א	u./le./Lo'	H3808	HC/R/Tn	and/ to/ not
כֹּהֵ֥ן	ko.Hen	H3548	HNcmsa	a priest
מוֹרֶ֖ה	mo.Reh	H3384	HVhrmsa	(who) teaches
וּ/לְ/לֹ֥א	u./le./Lo'	H3808	HC/R/Tn	and/ to/ not
תוֹרָֽה	to.Rah	H8451	HNcfsa	(the) law

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; 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 superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H571 — אֶמֶת (ʼemeth, eh'-meth): contracted from אָמַן; stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness; assured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3384 — יָרָה (yârâh, yaw-raw'): or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach; ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H8451 — תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh, to-raw'): or תֹּרָה; from יָרָה; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch; law.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a long — 1 Kings 12:28-33, Hosea 3:4
• a teaching — Leviticus 10:11, Deuteronomy 33:10, 2 Chronicles 17:8-9, Nehemiah 8:9, Ezekiel 44:21-23, Micah 3:11, Malachi 2:7, Matthew 2:4-5, 1 Timothy 3:2
• true God — Jeremiah 10:10, John 17:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 John 5:20
• without law — Romans 2:12, Romans 7:8-9, 1 Corinthians 9:21

Reciprocal references (6): 2 Chronicles 17:7, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Lamentations 2:9, Hosea 4:6, Ephesians 2:12, Ephesians 4:11

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: AZARIAH OR AHAZIAH, POVERTY-RICHES
• Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, COURAGE, INSTRUCTION, MINISTER, Christian, REVIVALS, WORD OF GOD

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