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2 Chronicles 8:5

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And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.	Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;	And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Also he built^H1129 Bethhoron^H1032 the upper^H5945, and Bethhoron^H1032 the nether^H8481, fenced^H4692 cities^H5892, with walls^H2346, gates^H1817, and bars^H1280;

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּבֶן אֶת־בֵּית חֹורֹון הָעֶלְיֹון וְאֶת־בֵּית חֹורֹון הַתַּחְתֹּון עָרֵי מָצֹור חֹומֹות דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִיחַ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּ֜בֶן	va/i.Yi.ven	H1129	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he built
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בֵּ֤ית	beit	H1032	HNp	Beth
חוֹרוֹן֙	cho.rOn	H1032	HNp	Horon
הָֽ/עֶלְי֔וֹן	ha./'el.Yon	H5945	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ upper
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
בֵּ֥ית	beit	H1032	HNp	Beth
חוֹר֖וֹן	cho.Ron	H1032	HNp	Horon
הַ/תַּחְתּ֑וֹן	ha./tach.Ton	H8481	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ lower
עָרֵ֣י	'a.Rei	H5892	HNcfpc	cities of
מָצ֔וֹר	ma.Tzor	H4692	HNcmsa	fortification
חוֹמ֖וֹת	cho.Mot	H2346	HNcfpa	walls
דְּלָתַ֥יִם	de.la.Ta.yim	H1817	HNcfda	doors
וּ/בְרִֽיחַ	u./ve.Ri.ach	H1280	HC/Ncmsa	and/ bar(s)

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

Strong's References

• H1032 — בֵּית חוֹרוֹן (Bêyth Chôwrôwn, bayth kho-rone'): from בַּיִת and חוֹר; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine; Beth-horon.
• 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.
• H1280 — בְּרִיחַ (bᵉrîyach, ber-ee'-akh): from בָּרַח; a bolt; bar, fugitive.
• H1817 — דֶּלֶת (deleth, deh'-leth): from דָּלָה; something swinging, i.e. the valve of adoor; door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (Psalm 141:3).
• H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
• H4692 — מָצוֹר (mâtsôwr, maw-tsore'): or מָצוּר; from צוּר; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness; besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H5945 — עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn, el-yone'): from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme; (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
• H8481 — תַּחְתּוֹן (tachtôwn, takh-tone'): or תַּחְתֹּן; from תַּחַת; bottommost; lower(-est), nether(-most).

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).

Cross References

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

• Bethhoron — Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:5, 1 Chronicles 7:24

Reciprocal references (2): 1 Samuel 13:18, 2 Chronicles 25:13

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BETH-HORON, CITIES, GATES

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