2 Kings 25:3

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2 Kings 25:3


← 2 Kings 25:2 2 Kings 25:3 (KJV) 2 Kings 25:4 →
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And on the ninthH8672 day of the fourth monthH2320 the famineH7458 prevailedH2388 in the cityH5892, and there was no breadH3899 for the peopleH5971 of the landH776.


Original Hebrew

בְּתִשְׁעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַק הָרָעָב בָּעִיר וְלֹא־הָיָה לֶחֶם לְעַם הָאָרֶץ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בְּ/תִשְׁעָ֣ה
be./tish.'Ah H8672 HR/Acmsa on/ (day) nine
לַ/חֹ֔דֶשׁ
la./Cho.desh H2320 HRd/Ncmsa of the/ month
וַ/יֶּחֱזַ֥ק
va/i.ye.che.Zak H2388 HC/Vqw3ms and/ it was severe
הָ/רָעָ֖ב
ha./ra.'Av H7458 HTd/Ncmsa the/ famine
בָּ/עִ֑יר
ba./'Ir H5892 HRd/Ncfsa in the/ city
וְ/לֹא
ve./lo'- H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
הָ֥יָה
Ha.yah H1961 HVqp3ms it belonged
לֶ֖חֶם
Le.chem H3899 HNcbsa food
לְ/עַ֥ם
le./'Am H5971 HR/Ncmsc to/ (the) people of
הָ/אָֽרֶץ
ha./'A.retz H776 HTd/Ncbsa the/ land
Strong's References
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ (châdash) H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
  • H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
  • H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם (lâcham) H3898; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh) H1036; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
  • H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר (ʻâr); or עָיַר (ʻâyar); (Judges 10:4), from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5782; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
  • H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם (ʻâmam) H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
  • H7458 — רָעָב (râʻâb, raw-awb'): from רָעֵב (râʻêb) H7456; hunger (more or less extensive); dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
  • H8672 — תֵּשַׁע (têshaʻ, tay'-shah): or (masculine) תִּשְׁעָה (tishʻâh); perhaps from שָׁעָה (shâʻâh) H8159 through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ordinal) ninth; nine ([phrase] -teen, [phrase] -teenth, -th).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
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