Hebrews 11:38

New Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Of whom the

תֵּבֵל

têbêl

H8398

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...

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was not

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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they

תָּעָה

tâʻâh

H8582

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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in

עֲרָבָה

ʻărâbâh

H6160

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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and in

הַר

har

H2022

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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and in

מִנְהָרָה

minhârâh

H4492

properly, a channel or fissure, i.e. (by implication) a cavern

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and

חוֹר

chôwr

H2356

a cavity, socket, den

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of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

deserts H6160

עֲרָבָה ʻărâbâh

a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea

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caves H2356

חוֹר chôwr

a cavity, socket, den

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dens H4492

מִנְהָרָה minhârâh

properly, a channel or fissure, i.e. (by implication) a cavern

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wandered H8582

תָּעָה tâʻâh

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

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worthy H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...

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mountains H2022

הַר har

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

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world H8398

תֵּבֵל têbêl

the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:4 cross-reference

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Samuel 22:1 cross-reference

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.

1 Kings 19:9 cross-reference

And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Isaiah 57:1 cross-reference

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

1 Kings 18:13 cross-reference

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

1 Samuel 26:1 cross-reference

And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

1 Kings 17:3 cross-reference

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Samuel 23:19 cross-reference

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 23:15 cross-reference

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

1 Samuel 23:23 cross-reference

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land...

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