Deuteronomy 29:23
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
גׇּפְרִית
gophrîyth
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
מֶלַח
melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
זָרַע
zâraʻ
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
צָמַח
tsâmach
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
צְבֹאִים
Tsᵉbôʼîym
Tseboim or Tsebijim, a place in Palestine
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Key Terms in This Verse
הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →צָמַח tsâmach
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Study H6779 →גׇּפְרִית gophrîyth
properly, cypress-resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
Study H1614 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →מֶלַח melach
properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)
Study H4417 →Cross References
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desol...
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These...
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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