King James Version:
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In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Complete Jewish Bible:
"In the first year of Koresh the king, Koresh the king issued this decree: 'Concerning the house of God in Yerushalayim, let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offer sacrifices; and let its foundations be firmly laid. Its height is to be ninety feet and its breadth ninety feet,
Berean Standard Bible:
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
American Standard Version:
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
In the first{H2298} year{H8140} of Cyrus{H3567} the king{H4430} the same Cyrus{H3567} the king{H4430} made{H7761} a decree{H2942} concerning the house{H1005} of God{H426} at Jerusalem{H3390}, Let the house{H1005} be builded{H1124}, the place{H870} where they offered{H1684} sacrifices{H1685}, and let the foundations{H787} thereof be strongly laid{H5446}; the height{H7314} thereof threescore{H8361} cubits{H521}, and the breadth{H6613} thereof threescore{H8361} cubits{H521};
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Chronicles 36:22
- ¶ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
Ezra 1:4
- And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem.
Revelation 21:16
- And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Ezekiel 41:13
- So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Ezekiel 41:15
- And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which [was] behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
1 Kings 6:2
- And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.
1 Kings 6:3
- And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits [was] the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits [was] the breadth thereof before the house.
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H2298
There are 14 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חַד
Transliteration: chad
Pronunciation: khad
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to חַד; as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once; a, first, one, together. - Strong's Number: H8140
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שְׁנָה
Transliteration: shᵉnâh
Pronunciation: shen-aw'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁנֶה; {a year (as a revolution of time)}; year. - Strong's Number: H3567
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כּוֹרֶשׁ
Transliteration: Kôwresh
Pronunciation: ko'-resh
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to כּוֹרֶשׁ; {Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king}; Cyrus. - Strong's Number: H4430
There are 131 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מֶלֶךְ
Transliteration: melek
Pronunciation: meh'-lek
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to מֶלֶךְ; a king; king, royal. - Strong's Number: H7761
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שׂוּם
Transliteration: sûwm
Pronunciation: soom
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to שׂוּם; {to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}; [phrase] command, give, lay, make, [phrase] name, [phrase] regard, set. - Strong's Number: H2942
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: טְעֵם
Transliteration: ṭᵉʻêm
Pronunciation: teh-ame'
Description: (Aramaic) from טְעַם, and equivalent to טַעַם; properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively); [phrase] chancellor, [phrase] command, commandment, decree, [phrase] regard, taste, wisdom. - Strong's Number: H1005
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בַּיִת
Transliteration: bayith
Pronunciation: bah-yith
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to בַּיִת; {a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}; house. - Strong's Number: H426
There are 318 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֱלָהּ
Transliteration: ʼĕlâhh
Pronunciation: el-aw'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to אֱלוֹהַּ; God; God, god. - Strong's Number: H3390
There are 25 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלֵם
Transliteration: Yᵉrûwshâlêm
Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lame'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם; {Jerusalem}; {Jerusalem} - Strong's Number: H1124
There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בְּנָא
Transliteration: bᵉnâʼ
Pronunciation: ben-aw'
Description: (Aramaic) or בְּנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to בָּנָה; to build; build, make. - Strong's Number: H870
There are 94 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֲתַר
Transliteration: ʼăthar
Pronunciation: ath-ar'
Description: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of אֲתָרִים; a place; (adverb) after; after, place. - Strong's Number: H1684
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דְּבַח
Transliteration: dᵉbach
Pronunciation: deb-akh'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to זָבַח; to sacrifice (an animal); offer (sacrifice). - Strong's Number: H1685
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דְּבַח
Transliteration: dᵉbach
Pronunciation: deb-akh'
Description: (Aramaic) from דְּבַח; a sacrifice; sacrifice. - Strong's Number: H787
There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֹשׁ
Transliteration: ʼôsh
Pronunciation: ohsh
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding (by transposition and abbreviation) to אֲשׁוּיָה; a foundation; foundation. - Strong's Number: H5446
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סְבַל
Transliteration: çᵉbal
Pronunciation: seb-al'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to סָבַל; to erect; strongly laid. - Strong's Number: H7314
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רוּם
Transliteration: rûwm
Pronunciation: room
Description: (Aramaic) from רוּם; (literally) altitude; height. - Strong's Number: H8361
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שִׁתִּין
Transliteration: shittîyn
Pronunciation: shit-teen'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to שִׁשִּׁים (compare שֵׁת); sixty; threescore. - Strong's Number: H521
There are 75 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַמָּה
Transliteration: ʼammâh
Pronunciation: am-maw'
Description: (Aramaic) corresponding to אַמָּה; {properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)}; cubit. - Strong's Number: H6613
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פְּתַי
Transliteration: pᵉthay
Pronunciation: peth-ah'-ee
Description: (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to פָּתָה; open, i.e. (as noun) width; breadth.