King James Version
1 Kings 6:22 in the King James Version says “And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the ora...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.”
1 Kings 6:22 · KJV
And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. pure: Heb. shut up
So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high. olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And the whole house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“with gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“until he had finished”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And the whole house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“with gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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