Ezra 9:6

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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O my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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I am

בּוּשׁ

bûwsh

H954

properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

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and

כָּלַם

kâlam

H3637

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

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to

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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up my

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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to thee my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

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...

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for our

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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are

רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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over our

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh

H7218

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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and our

מַעַל

maʻal

H4604

treachery, i.e. sin

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is

רְבָה

rᵉbâh

H7236

{to increase (in whatever respect)}

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up unto the

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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Key Terms in This Verse

blush H3637

כָּלַם kâlam

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

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grown H7236

רְבָה rᵉbâh

{to increase (in whatever respect)}

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increased H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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iniquities H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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trespass H4604

מַעַל maʻal

treachery, i.e. sin

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lift H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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ashamed H954

בּוּשׁ bûwsh

properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed

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heavens H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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head H7218

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

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face 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

Revelation 18:5 cross-reference

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Psalm 38:4 cross-reference

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

2 Chronicles 28:9 cross-reference

But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, h...

Ezra 9:15 cross-reference

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Luke 15:21 cross-reference

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Job 42:6 cross-reference

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Jeremiah 31:19 cross-reference

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Ezra 9:13 cross-reference

And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as thi...

Job 40:4 cross-reference

Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Jeremiah 6:15 cross-reference

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they s...

Jeremiah 3:3 cross-reference

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Romans 6:21 cross-reference

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Ezekiel 16:63 cross-reference

That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

Genesis 13:13 cross-reference

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

Isaiah 59:12 cross-reference

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

Jeremiah 8:12 cross-reference

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they...

Isaiah 1:18 cross-reference

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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