1 Kings 12:14
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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 scorpions."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֹל
ʻôl
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
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 →כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever sh...
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
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