The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 2:5 Explained

2 Chronicles 2:5

KJV: And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

YLT: And the house that I am building is great, for greater is our God than all gods;

Darby: And the house that I will build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

ASV: And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the house  which I build  [is] great:  for great  [is] our God  above all gods. 

What does 2 Chronicles 2:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 2

1  Solomon's laborers for the building of the temple
3  His ambassage to Huram for workmen and provisions
11  Huram sends him a kind answer

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 2:5 mean?

And the temple which I build [will be] great for is greater our God than all gods
וְהַבַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר־ אֲנִ֥י בוֹנֶ֖ה גָּד֑וֹל כִּֽי־ גָד֥וֹל אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ מִכָּל־ הָאֱלֹהִֽים

וְהַבַּ֛יִת  And  the  temple 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
בוֹנֶ֖ה  build 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
גָּד֑וֹל  [will  be]  great 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
גָד֥וֹל  is  greater 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ  our  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
מִכָּל־  than  all 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים  gods 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).