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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Chronicles 8:5 - Gates
2 Chronicles 8:5 - Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Also he built | H1129 | בָּנָה |
[Verb] to build (literally and figuratively) |
Bethhoron the upper | H5945 | עֶלְיוֹן |
[Adjective] an {elevation} that {is} (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as {title} the Supreme |
and Bethhoron the nether | H8481 | תַּחְתּוֹן |
[Adjective] bottommost |
fenced | H4692 | מָצוֹר |
[Noun Masculine] something hemming {in} that {is} (objectively) a mound (of {besiegers}) (abstractly) a {siege} (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness |
cities | H5892 | עִיר |
[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
with walls | H2346 | חוֹמָה |
[Noun Feminine] a wall of protection |
gates | H1817 | דֶּלֶת |
[Noun Feminine] something {swinging} that {is} the valve of a door |
and bars | H1280 | בְּרִיחַ |
[Noun Masculine] a bolt |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.