2 Chronicles 12:3
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. | with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. | with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| with one thousand | בְּאֶ֤לֶף | be-'E-lef | H0505G | thousandאֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) : thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops |
| and two hundred | וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ | u-ma-TA-yim | H3967 | hundredמֵאָה (me.ah) 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100) Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְאָה "hundred" H3969) |
| chariot[s] | רֶ֔כֶב | RE-khev | H7393G | chariotרֶ֫כֶב (re.khev) : chariot 1) a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders 1a) chariotry, chariots 1b) chariot (single) 1c) upper millstone (as riding on lower millstone) 1d) riders, troop (of riders), horsemen, pair of horsemen, men riding, ass-riders, camel-riders Also means: re.khev (רֶ֫כֶב ": millstone" H7393H) |
| and with sixty | וּבְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים | u-ve-shi-SHIM | H8346 | sixtyשִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) sixty, three score Aramaic equivalent: shit.tin (שִׁתִּין "sixty" H8361) |
| thousand | אֶ֖לֶף | 'E-lef | H0505G | thousandאֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) : thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops |
| horsemen | פָּרָשִׁ֑ים | pa-ra-SHIM | H6571B | horsemanפָּרָשׁ (pa.rash) horseman |
| and not | וְאֵ֣ין | ve-'EIN | H0369 | nothingאַ֫יִן (a.yin) 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of |
| number | מִסְפָּ֗ר | mis-PAR | H4557 | numberמִסְפָּר (mis.par) 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation |
| [belonged] to the people | לָעָ֞ם | la-'AM | H5971A | peopleעַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men |
| which | אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a-SHER- | H0834A | whichאֲשֶׁר (a.sher) A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when |
| they came | בָּ֤אוּ | BA-'u | H0935G | to come (in): comeבּוֹא (bo) : come/go_in 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put |
| with him | עִמּוֹ֙ | i-MO | H5973A | withעִם (im) 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as |
| from Egypt | מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | mi-mitz-RA-yim | H4714G | Egyptמָצוֹר (ma.tsor) "Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment |
| Libyans | לוּבִ֥ים | lu-VIM | H3864 | Libyaכּוּב (kuv) probably located in northern Africa; maybe same as 'Lybia' or 'Lub' Another spelling of lu.vi (לוּב "Libyan" H3864) |
| Sukkites | סֻכִּיִּ֖ים | su-ki-YIM | H5525 | Sukkiimסֻכִּיִּים (suk.ki) People descended from Sukki(?), only mentioned at 2Ch.12.3 § Sukkiims = "booth dwellers" a people who supplied warriors for the Egyptian army under Shishak |
| and Cushites | וְכוּשִֽׁים׃ | ve-khu-SHIM | H3569G | Ethiopianכּוּשִׁי (ku.shi) Someone from Ethiopia Group of kush (כּוּשׁ "Ethiopia" H3568H) § Cushi or Ethiopian, of Cush "their blackness" inhabitant of Ethiopia, land of one of the descendants of Cush the grandson of Noah |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.