Strong's Lexicon They הֵ֧מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who also גַם־ (ḡam-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: 1) also, even, indeed, moreover, yea 1a) also, moreover (giving emphasis) 1b) neither, neither...nor (with negative) 1c) even (for stress) 1d) indeed, yea (introducing climax) 1e) also (of correspondence or retribution) 1f) but, yet, though (adversative) 1g) even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case) 2) (TWOT) again, alike built וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (way·yiḇ·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine) for themselves לָהֶ֛ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who high places, בָּמ֥וֹת (bā·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1116: 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform) 1a) high place, mountain 1b) high places, battlefields 1c) high places (as places of worship) 1d) funeral mound? sacred pillars, וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת (ū·maṣ·ṣê·ḇō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4676: 1) pillar, mastaba, stump 1a) pillar 1a1) as monument, personal memorial 1a2) with an altar 1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree) and Asherah poles וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים (wa·’ă·šê·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 842: Ashera(h) = 'groves (for idol worship)' 1) a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images 1a) the goddess, goddesses 1b) her images 1c) sacred trees or poles set up near an altar on עַ֚ל (‘al) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything high גְבֹהָ֔ה (ḡə·ḇō·hāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1364: adj 1) high, exalted 1a) high, tall 1b) high (in position) 1c) proud, haughty n m 2) loftiness hill גִּבְעָ֣ה (giḇ·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1389: 1) hill 1a) hill (lower than a mountain) 1b) as a place of illicit worship 1c) poetic for mountain 1d) used in place names and under וְתַ֖חַת (wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything green רַעֲנָֽן׃ (ra·‘ă·nān) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7488: v 1) (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green adj 2) luxuriant, fresh tree. עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. Young's Literal Translation And they build—also they—for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree; Holman Christian Standard Bible They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; New American Standard Bible For they also built for themselves high places and [sacred] pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. King James Bible For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. Parallel Verses New International Version They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. New Living Translation For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. English Standard Version For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, New American Standard Bible For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. King James Bible For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. Holman Christian Standard Bible They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree; International Standard Version They erected high places, sacred pillars, and Asherim for themselves on every high hill and under every green tree. NET Bible They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. American Standard Version For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree; English Revised Version For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree; Young's Literal Translation And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree; Cross References Exodus 34:13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: Deuteronomy 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. 1 Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. 1 Kings 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 1 Kings 20:23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. 2 Kings 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 2 Kings 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: 2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 2 Kings 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. Isaiah 57:5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? Jump to Previous Asherah Asherahs Asherim Ashe'rim Beneath Build Built Columns Green Groves Height High Hill Images Leafy Pillars Places Poles Sacred Shrines Standing-Pillars Stones Themselves Tree Upright WoodJump to Next Asherah Asherahs Asherim Ashe'rim Beneath Build Built Columns Green Groves Height High Hill Images Leafy Pillars Places Poles Sacred Shrines Standing-Pillars Stones Themselves Tree Upright WoodLinks 1 Kings 14:23 NIV1 Kings 14:23 NLT 1 Kings 14:23 ESV 1 Kings 14:23 NASB 1 Kings 14:23 KJV 1 Kings 14:23 Bible Apps 1 Kings 14:23 Parallel 1 Kings 14:23 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 14:23 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 14:23 French Bible 1 Kings 14:23 German Bible 1 Kings 14:23 Commentaries Bible Hub |