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2 Chronicles 3:3

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And he began to build in the second [day] of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.	Now these [are the things wherein] Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.	And the porch that [was] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now these are the things wherein Solomon^H8010 was instructed^H3245 for the building^H1129 of the house^H1004 of God^H430. The length^H753 by cubits^H520 after the first^H7223 measure^H4060 was threescore^H8346 cubits^H520, and the breadth^H7341 twenty^H6242 cubits^H520.

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Original Hebrew

וְאֵלֶּה הוּסַד שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנֹות אֶת־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים הָאֹרֶךְ אַמֹּות בַּמִּדָּה הָרִאשֹׁונָה אַמֹּות שִׁשִּׁים וְרֹחַב אַמֹּות עֶשְׂרִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙	ve./'E.leh	H428	HC/Pdxcp	and/ these
הוּסַ֣ד	hu.Sad	H3245	HVHp3ms	(are) (the) founding of
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	H8010	HNp	Solomon
לִ/בְנ֖וֹת	li/v.Not	H1129	HR/Vqc	to/ build
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים	ha./'E.lo.Him	H430	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ God
הָ/אֹ֡רֶךְ	ha./'O.rekh	H753	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ length
אַמּ֞וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	cubits
בַּ/מִּדָּ֤ה	ba./mi.Dah	H4060	HRd/Ncfsa	by the/ measurement
הָ/רִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙	ha./ri.sho.Nah	H7223	HTd/Aofsa	(the)/ former
אַמּ֣וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	(was) cubits
שִׁשִּׁ֔ים	shi.Shim	H8346	HAcbpa	sixty
וְ/רֹ֖חַב	ve./Ro.chav	H7341	HC/Ncmsa	and/ (the) breadth
אַמּ֥וֹת	'a.Mot	H520	HNcfpa	(was) cubits
עֶשְׂרִֽים	'es.Rim	H6242	HAcbpa	twenty

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.
• 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.
• H753 — אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, o'rek'): from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.
• 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).
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H3245 — יָסַד (yâçad, yaw-sad'): a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
• H4060 — מִדָּה (middâh, mid-daw'): feminine of מַד; properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured); garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
• H6242 — עֶשְׂרִים (ʻesrîym, es-reem'): from עֶשֶׂר; twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth; (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
• H7223 — רִאשׁוֹן (riʼshôwn, ree-shone'): or רִאשֹׁן; from רִאשָׁה; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun); ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
• H7341 — רֹחַב (rôchab, ro'-khab): from רָחַב; width (literally or figuratively); breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
• H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.
• H8346 — שִׁשִּׁים (shishshîym, shish-sheem'): multiple of שֵׁשׁ; sixty; sixty, three score.

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

• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

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