1 Kings 12:11
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָסַר
yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
יָסַר
yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים
Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym
Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
Key Terms in This Verse
יָסַר yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Study H3256 →מַעֲלֵה עַקְרַבִּים Maʻălêh ʻAqrabbîym
Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert
Study H4610 →יָסַר yâçar
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
Study H3256 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →Cross References
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpio...
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed...
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
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