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2 Chronicles 17

2 Chron. 17:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And of Benjamin
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
; Eliada
'Elyada` (Hebrew #450)
God (is) knowing; Eljada, the name of two Israelites and of an Aramaean leader
KJV usage: Eliada.
Pronounce: el-yaw-daw'
Origin: from 410 and 3045
a mighty man
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
of valor
chayil (Hebrew #2428)
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
KJV usage: able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+)valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
Pronounce: khah'-yil
Origin: from 2342
, and with him armed men
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
with bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
and shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
two 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'}
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
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Benjamin,
Bow,
Eliada,
Shield

Cross References

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armed men.
2 Chron. 14:8• 8And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. (2 Chron. 14:8)
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2 Sam. 1:21‑22• 21Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
 22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. (2 Sam. 1:21‑22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valour, and with him two hundred thousand, armed with bow and shield;