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2 Chronicles 8

2 Chron. 8:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Also 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
Beth-horon
Beyth (Hebrew #1032)
house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-horon.
Pronounce: Chowrown
Origin: from 1004 and 2356
k the upper
'elyown (Hebrew #5945)
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Pronounce: el-yone'
Origin: from 5927
, and Beth-horon
Beyth (Hebrew #1032)
house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-horon.
Pronounce: Chowrown
Origin: from 1004 and 2356
the nether
tachtown (Hebrew #8481)
from 8478; bottommost
KJV usage: lower(-est), nether(-most).
Pronounce: takh-tone'
Origin: or tachton {takh-tone'}
, fenced
matsowr (Hebrew #4692)
from 6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV usage: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
Pronounce: maw-tsore'
Origin: or matsuwr {maw-tsoor'}
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, with walls
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
, gates
deleth (Hebrew #1817)
something swinging, i.e. the valve of a door
KJV usage: door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.).
Pronounce: deh'-leth
Origin: from 1802
, and bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
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Josh. 16:3,5• 3and went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, as far as the border of the lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
 5And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families; the border of their inheritance eastwards was Ataroth-Addar as far as the upper Beth-horon; (Josh. 16:3,5)
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1 Chron. 7:24• 24And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. (1 Chron. 7:24)

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Beth-horon,
Fenced Cities,
Gate,
Walls

Cross References

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Beth-horon.
Josh. 16:3,5• 3and went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, as far as the border of the lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
 5And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families; the border of their inheritance eastwards was Ataroth-Addar as far as the upper Beth-horon; (Josh. 16:3,5)
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1 Chron. 7:24• 24And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. (1 Chron. 7:24)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;