Habakkuk 3:13
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
מָשַׁח
mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
מָחַץ
mâchats
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
עָרָה
ʻârâh
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
יָסַד
yâçad
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
Key Terms in This Verse
מָחַץ mâchats
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
Study H4272 →עָרָה ʻârâh
to be (causatively, make) bare; hence, to empty, pour out, demolish
Study H6168 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →יָסַד yâçad
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Study H3245 →מָשַׁח mâshach
to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
Study H4886 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →Cross References
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more whi...
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your ...
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they ...
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
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