Ezra 8:22
Old Testament • 22 words with Strong's data
"For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
דָּרַשׁ
dârash
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
אֱסוּר
ʼĕçûwr
{a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)}
חַיִל
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
פָּרָשׁ
pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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 preposi...
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּרַשׁ dârash
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
Study H1875 →חַיִל chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
Study H2428 →פָּרָשׁ pârâsh
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Study H6571 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →Cross References
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henc...
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake ...
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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 ...
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G...
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered togeth...
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled agai...
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
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