2 Kings 17:9

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיְחַפְּא֣וּand they did secretly

  vaychapeuH2644 →

• בְנֵֽי־[the] people of

  venei-H1121 →4930 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• דְּבָרִים֙things

  devarimH1697 →1440 times

• אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• לֹא־[were] not

  lo'-H3808 →5168 times

• כֵ֔ןright

  khenH3651 →771 times

• עַל־on

  ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

• יְהוָ֖הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑םGod their

  ʾeloheihemH430 →2601 times

• וַיִּבְנ֨וּand they built

  vaiyivnuH1129 →376 times

• לָהֶ֤םfor themselves

  lahem

• בָּמוֹת֙high places

  bamotH1116 →102 times

• בְּכָל־in all

  bekholH3605 →5413 times

• עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔םcities their

  ʾareihemH5892 →1090 times

• מִמִּגְדַּ֥לfrom a tower of

  mimigdalH4026 →48 times

• נוֹצְרִ֖יםwatchmen

  notzrimH5341 →

• עַד־unto

  ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

• עִ֥ירa city of

  ʾirH5892 →1090 times

• מִבְצָֽר׃fortification

  mivtzarH4013 →37 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Ezekiel 8:12

  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 29:15

    Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

  • Ezekiel 9:9

    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken…

  • Ezekiel 8:15

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”

• Through

  Deuteronomy 13:6

  If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor…

  it leads to

  • Deuteronomy 17:2–7

    If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His…

  • 2 Peter 2:1

    Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…

• Through

  2 Kings 18:8

  He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

  it leads to

  • Isaiah 14:29

    Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

• Through

  Hosea 12:11

  Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

  it leads to

  • Hosea 4:15

    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

  • Hosea 8:11

    Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.