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2 Chronicles 3:7

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And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold [was] gold of Parvaim.	He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.	And he made the most holy house, the length whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, [amounting] to six hundred talents.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

He overlaid^H2645 also the house^H1004, the beams^H6982, the posts^H5592, and the walls^H7023 thereof, and the doors^H1817 thereof, with gold^H2091; and graved^H6605 cherubims^H3742 on the walls^H7023.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְחַף אֶת־הַבַּיִת הַקֹּרֹות הַסִּפִּים וְקִירֹותָיו וְדַלְתֹותָיו זָהָב וּפִתַּח כְּרוּבִים עַל־הַקִּירֹות׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְחַ֨ף	va/y.Chaf	H2645	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he overlaid
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/בַּ֜יִת	ha./Ba.yit	H1004	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ house
הַ/קֹּר֧וֹת	ha./ko.Rot	H6982	HTd/Ncfpa	the/ beams
הַ/סִּפִּ֛ים	ha./si.Pim	H5592	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ thresholds
וְ/קִֽירוֹתָ֥י/ו	ve./ki.ro.Ta/v	H7023	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	and/ walls/ its
וְ/דַלְתוֹתָ֖י/ו	ve./dal.to.Ta/v	H1817	HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms	and/ doors/ its
זָהָ֑ב	za.Hav	H2091	HNcmsa	gold
וּ/פִתַּ֥ח	u./fi.Tach	H6605	HC/Vpp3ms	and/ he engraved
כְּרוּבִ֖ים	ke.ru.Vim	H3742	HNcmpa	cherubim
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הַ/קִּירֽוֹת	ha./ki.Rot	H7023	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ walls

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

Strong's References

• 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).
• H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2645 — חָפָה (châphâh, khaw-faw'): a primitive root (compare חָפָא, חׇפַף); to cover; by implication, to veil, to encase, protect; ceil, cover, overlay.
• H3742 — כְּרוּב (kᵉrûwb, ker-oob'): of uncertain derivation; a cherub or imaginary figure; cherub, (plural) cherubims.
• H5592 — סַף (çaph, saf): from סָפַף, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine); bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
• H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
• H6982 — קוֹרָה (qôwrâh, ko-raw'): or קֹרָה; from קוּר; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof; beam, roof.
• H7023 — קִיר (qîyr, keer): or קִר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה; from קוּר; a wall (as built in a trench); [phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

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

• 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).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

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

• graved cherubims — Exodus 26:1, 1 Kings 6:35
• overlaid — Exodus 26:29, 1 Kings 6:20-22, 1 Kings 6:30, Ezekiel 7:20

Reciprocal references (4): 1 Kings 6:21, 1 Kings 6:22, Ezekiel 41:2, Ezekiel 41:18

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: TEMPLE, THE FIRST
• Nave’s: CHERUBIM, TEMPLE

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