Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Kings 1:14 - Captains
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
| there came fire down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
| from | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
| heaven | H8064 | שָׁמַיִם |
[Noun Masculine] from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) |
| and burnt up | H398 | אָכַל |
[Verb] to eat (literally or figuratively) |
| the two | H8147 | שְׁנַיִם |
[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| captains | H8269 | שַׂר |
[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class) |
| of the former | H7223 | רִאשׁוֹן |
[Adjective] {first} in {place} time or rank (as adjective or noun) |
| fifties | H2572 | חֲמִשִּׁים |
[Noun] fifty |
| with their fifties | H2572 | חֲמִשִּׁים |
[Noun] fifty |
| therefore let my life | H5315 | נֶפֶשׁ |
[Noun Feminine] properly a breathing {creature} that {is} animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a {literal} accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) |
| now | H6258 | עַתָּה |
[Adverb] at this {time} whether {adverbial} conjugational or expletive |
| be precious | H3365 | יָקַר |
[Verb] properly apparently to be {heavy} that {is} (figuratively) valuable; causatively to make rare (figuratively to inhibit) |
| in thy sight | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.