Bible Verse Dictionary
2 Kings 6:25 - Cab
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And there was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
a great | H1419 | גָּדוֹל |
[Adjective] great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent |
famine | H7458 | רָעָב |
[Noun Masculine] hunger (more or less extensive) |
in Samaria | H8111 | שֹׁמְרוֹן |
[Proper Name Location] watch station; {Shomeron} a place in Palestine |
and behold | H2009 | הִנֵּה |
lo! |
they besieged | H6696 | צוּר |
[Verb] to {cramp} that {is} confine (in many {applications} literally and {figuratively} formative or hostile) |
it until | H5704 | עַד |
[Preposition] especially with a preposition); as far (or {long} or much) {as} whether of space (even unto) or time ({during } while: until) or degree (equally with) |
an ass's head | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
sold for fourscore | H8084 | שְׁמֹנִים |
[Adjective] eighty; also eightieth |
pieces of silver | H3701 | כֶּסֶף |
[Noun Masculine] silver (from its pale color); by implication money |
and the fourth part | H7255 | רֹבַע |
[Noun Masculine] a quarter |
of a cab | H6894 | קַב |
[Noun Masculine] a {hollow} that {is} vessel used as a (dry) measure |
of dove's dung | H1686 | דִּבְיוֹן |
[Noun Masculine] probably some cheap {vegetable} perhaps a bulbous root |
for five | H2568 | חָמֵשׁ |
[Noun] five |
pieces of silver | H3701 | כֶּסֶף |
[Noun Masculine] silver (from its pale color); by implication money |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.