Habakkuk 1:6
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
כַּשְׂדִּי
Kasdîy
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
אוּץ
ʼûwts
to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
רֹחַב
rôchab
width (literally or figuratively)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָרַשׁ
yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...
מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
הֵנָּה
hênnâh
themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →מוֹשָׁב môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Study H4186 →הֵנָּה hênnâh
themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)
Study H2007 →מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →כַּשְׂדִּי Kasdîy
a Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
Study H3778 →יָרַשׁ yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Study H3423 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to th...
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that s...
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what the...
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he br...
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants there...
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you with...
For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
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