1 Kings 14:23
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.1 Kings 14:23 in the real world
In what words
- רַעֲנָןraʻănânverdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
- מַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâhsomething stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- גָּבֹהַּgâbôahhelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- גִּבְעָהgibʻâha hillock
- בָּמָהbâmâhan elevation
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 12:2, Isa 57:5, 2Ki 17:9–10, Ezk 16:24–25, 1Ki 3:2, Ezk 20:28–29, Jer 2:20, Lev 26:1