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1 Kings 7

1 R. 7:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
also the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of the forest
ya`ar (Hebrew #3293)
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
KJV usage: (honey-)comb, forest, wood.
Pronounce: yah'-ar
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure
of Lebanon
Lbanown (Hebrew #3844)
(the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
KJV usage: Lebanon.
Pronounce: leb-aw-nohn'
Origin: from 3825
; the length
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
thereof was an hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
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)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
, and the breadth
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
thereof fifty
chamishshiym (Hebrew #2572)
fifty
KJV usage: fifty.
Pronounce: kham-ish-sheem'
Origin: multiple of 2568
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
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)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
, and the height
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
thereof thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
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)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
, upon four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
rows
tuwr (Hebrew #2905)
a row; hence, a wall
KJV usage: row.
Pronounce: toor
Origin: from an unused root meaning to range in a regular manner
of cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
pillars
`ammuwd (Hebrew #5982)
from 5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV usage: X apiece, pillar.
Pronounce: am-mood'
Origin: or ammud {am-mood'}
, with cedar
'erez (Hebrew #730)
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV usage: cedar (tree).
Pronounce: eh-rez'
Origin: from 729
beams
karuthah (Hebrew #3773)
something cut, i.e. a hewn timber
KJV usage: beam.
Pronounce: kaw-rooth-aw'
Origin: passive participle feminine of 3772
upon the pillars
`ammuwd (Hebrew #5982)
from 5975; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV usage: X apiece, pillar.
Pronounce: am-mood'
Origin: or ammud {am-mood'}
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More on:

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Cedar,
Forest,
House,
Lebanon,
Pillar

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 R. 9:19• 19Asimismo todas las ciudades donde Salomón tenía municiones, y las ciudades de los carros, y las ciudades de la gente de á caballo, y todo lo que Salomón deseó edificar en Jerusalem, en el Líbano, y en toda la tierra de su señorío. (1 R. 9:19)
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1 R. 10:17• 17Asimismo trescientos escudos de oro extendido, en cada uno de los cuales gastó tres libras de oro: y púsolos el rey en la casa del bosque del Líbano. (1 R. 10:17)
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2 Cr. 9:16• 16Asimismo trescientos escudos de oro batido, teniendo cada escudo trescientos siclos de oro: y púsolos el rey en la casa del bosque del Líbano. (2 Cr. 9:16)
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Cnt. 7:4• 4Tu cuello, como torre de marfil; Tus ojos, como las pesqueras de Hesbón junto á la puerta de Bat-rabbim; Tu nariz, como la torre del Líbano, Que mira hacia Damasco. (Cnt. 7:4)
• It was built of cedar wood; throughout, both inside and outside, it presented cedar columns which, set in long rows, may have given the house the appearance of an imposing forest. (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)
• Hundred cubits long (forty cubits longer than the temple). (“Solomon?s Houses: 1 Kings 7:1-12” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;