Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Chronicles 9:18 - Lions
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And there were six | H8337 | שֵׁשׁ |
[Noun] a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see H7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth |
steps | H4609 | מַעֲלָה |
[Noun Feminine] {elevation} that {is} the act (literally a journey to a higher {place} figuratively a thought {arising}) or (concretely) the condition (literally a step or grade {mark} figuratively a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms) |
to the throne | H3678 | כִּסֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {covered} that {is} a throne (as canopied) |
with a footstool | H3534 | כֶּבֶשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] a footstool (as trodden upon) |
of | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
gold | H2091 | זָהָב |
[Noun Masculine] gold; figuratively something gold colored (that {is} {yellow }) as {oil} a clear sky |
which were fastened | H270 | אָחַז |
[Verb] to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession) |
to the throne | H3678 | כִּסֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {covered} that {is} a throne (as canopied) |
and stays | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
on each side | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
of | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the sitting | H7675 | שֶׁבֶת |
[Noun Feminine] properly session; but used also {concretely} an abode or locality . Comapre H3429 |
place | H4725 | מָקוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] properly a {standing} that {is} a spot; but used widely of a locality (generally or specifically); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind) |
and two | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
lions | H738 | אֲרִי |
[Noun Masculine] a lion |
standing | H5975 | עָמַד |
[Verb] to {stand} in various relations (literally and {figuratively} intransitively and transitively) |
by | H681 | אֵצֶל |
[Noun Masculine] a side; (as a preposition) near |
the stays | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.