Habakkuk 2:5
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
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...
מָעַל
mâʻal
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
רָחַב
râchab
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
תַּאֲוָה
taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
שָׂבַע
sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
רָחַב râchab
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Study H7337 →מָעַל mâʻal
properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. treacherously
Study H4603 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →שָׂבַע sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Study H7646 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
Study H8378 →Cross References
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with the...
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do...
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
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...
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
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