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2 Chronicles 6:2

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Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.	But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.	And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But I have built^H1129 an house^H1004 of habitation^H2073 for thee, and a place^H4349 for thy dwelling^H3427 for ever^H5769.

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Original Hebrew

וַאֲנִי בָּנִיתִי בֵית־זְבֻל לָךְ וּמָכֹון לְשִׁבְתְּךָ עֹולָמִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/אֲנִ֛י	va./'a.Ni	H589	HC/Pp1cs	and/ I
בָּנִ֥יתִי	ba.Ni.ti	H1129	HVqp1cs	I have built
בֵית	veit-	H1004	HNcmsc	a house of
זְבֻ֖ל	ze.Vul	H2073	HNcmsa	loftiness
לָ֑/ךְ	La/kh		HR/Sp2fs	for/ you
וּ/מָכ֥וֹן	u./ma.Khon	H4349	HC/Ncmsa	and/ a place
לְ/שִׁבְתְּ/ךָ֖	le./shiv.te./Kha	H3427	HR/Vqc/Sp2ms	to/ dwell in/ you
עוֹלָמִֽים	o.la.Mim	H5769	HNcmpa	forever

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).
• 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.
• H2073 — זְבוּל (zᵉbûwl, ze-bool'): or זְבֻל; from זָבַל; a residence; dwell in, dwelling, habitation.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4349 — מָכוֹן (mâkôwn, maw-kone'): from כּוּן; properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode; foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.

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

• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.

Cross References

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

• I have built — 2 Samuel 7:13, 1 Kings 8:13, 1 Chronicles 17:12, 1 Chronicles 22:10-11, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:20, 2 Chronicles 2:4-6, Psalms 132:5, Psalms 132:13-14, John 4:21-23, Hebrews 9:11-12, Revelation 21:3

Reciprocal references (7): Leviticus 9:24, 1 Kings 8:12, Ezra 7:15, Psalms 26:8, Psalms 68:5, Ezekiel 46:10, Matthew 23:21

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: PRAYER, PUBLIC, TEMPLE, THE FIRST

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