1 Samuel 15:23

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For

סָרָה

çârâh

H5627

apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission

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is as the

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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of

כֶּשֶׁף

kesheph

H3785

magic

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and

קְשִׁי

qᵉshîy

H7190

obstinacy

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is as

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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and

זָנָה

zânâh

H2181

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (...

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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thou hast

מָאַס

mâʼaç

H3988

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

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the

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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of the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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he hath also

מָאַס

mâʼaç

H3988

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

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thee from being

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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Key Terms in This Verse

stubbornness H7190

קְשִׁי qᵉshîy

obstinacy

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witchcraft H3785

כֶּשֶׁף kesheph

magic

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idolatry H2181

זָנָה zânâh

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of ...

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rebellion H5627

סָרָה çârâh

apostasy, crime; figuratively, remission

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rejected H3988

מָאַס mâʼaç

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

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rejected H3988

מָאַס mâʼaç

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

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iniquity H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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sin H2403

חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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word H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 28:16 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.

1 Samuel 13:14 cross-reference

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LOR...

Leviticus 20:6 cross-reference

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Galatians 5:20 cross-reference

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Jeremiah 29:32 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my p...

2 Corinthians 6:16 cross-reference

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my p...

Exodus 22:18 cross-reference

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

1 Chronicles 28:9 cross-reference

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the ...

Genesis 31:34 cross-reference

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Psalm 107:11 cross-reference

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Genesis 31:19 cross-reference

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

Leviticus 20:27 cross-reference

A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

Job 34:37 cross-reference

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Deuteronomy 9:7 cross-reference

Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been reb...

1 Samuel 2:30 cross-reference

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I ...

Deuteronomy 9:24 cross-reference

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Revelation 22:15 cross-reference

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

1 Samuel 16:1 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo...

Numbers 14:9 cross-reference

Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Isaiah 8:19 cross-reference

And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

Isaiah 19:3 cross-reference

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to t...

Revelation 21:8 cross-reference

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimst...

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