2 Kings 3:4

King James Version:

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And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Mesha king of Mo'av was a sheep-breeder, and he used to send the king of Isra'el the wool of 100,000 lambs and of 100,000 rams as tribute.

Berean Standard Bible:

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

American Standard Version:

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And Mesha^{H4338} king^{H4428} of Moab^{H4124} was a sheepmaster^{H5349}, and rendered^{H7725} unto the king^{H4428} of Israel^{H3478} an hundred^{H3967} thousand^{H505} lambs^{H3733}, and an hundred^{H3967} thousand^{H505} rams^{H352}, with the wool^{H6785}.

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Commentary for 2 Kings 3:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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1. Strong's Number: H4338
   There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מֵישַׁע
   Transliteration: Mêyshaʻ
   Pronunciation: may-shaw'
   Description: a variation for מֵישָׁע; safety; Mesha, a Moabite; Mesha.
   
2. Strong's Number: H4428
   There are 1922 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מֶלֶךְ
   Transliteration: melek
   Pronunciation: meh'-lek
   Description: from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
   
3. Strong's Number: H4124
   There are 158 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מוֹאָב
   Transliteration: Môwʼâb
   Pronunciation: mo-awb
   Description: from a prolonged form of the prepositional prefix m-and אָב; from (her (the mother's)) father; Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants; Moab.
   
4. Strong's Number: H5349
   There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: נֹקֵד
   Transliteration: nôqêd
   Pronunciation: no-kade'
   Description: active participle from the same as נָקֹד; a spotter (of sheep or cattle), i.e. the owner or tender (who thus marks them); herdman, sheepmaster.
   
5. Strong's Number: H7725
   There are 952 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: שׁוּב
   Transliteration: shûwb
   Pronunciation: shoob
   Description: a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
   
6. Strong's Number: H3478
   There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
   Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
   Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
   Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
   
7. Strong's Number: H3967
   There are 512 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: מֵאָה
   Transliteration: mêʼâh
   Pronunciation: may-aw'
   Description: or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
   
8. Strong's Number: H505
   There are 496 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: אֶלֶף
   Transliteration: ʼeleph
   Pronunciation: eh'-lef
   Description: prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
   
9. Strong's Number: H3733
   There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
   Lemma: כַּר
   Transliteration: kar
   Pronunciation: kar
   Description: from כָּרַר in the sense of plumpness; a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out); captain, furniture, lamb, (large) pasture, ram. See also בֵּית כַּר, כָּרִי.
   
10. Strong's Number: H352
    There are 256 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַיִל
    Transliteration: ʼayil
    Pronunciation: ah'-yil
    Description: from the same as אוּל; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree; mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
    
11. Strong's Number: H6785
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צֶמֶר
    Transliteration: tsemer
    Pronunciation: tseh'-mer
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy; wool; wool(-len).