Hebrews 3:8

New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

חָזַק

châzaq

H2388

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...

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not your

לֵבָב

lêbâb

H3824

the heart (as the most interior organ);

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as in the

כַּעַס

kaʻaç

H3708

vexation

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in the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of

מַסָּה

maççâh

H4531

a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)

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in the

מִדְבָּר

midbâr

H4057

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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Key Terms in This Verse

provocation H3708

כַּעַס kaʻaç

vexation

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Harden H2388

חָזַק châzaq

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

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temptation H4531

מַסָּה maççâh

a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)

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hearts H3824

לֵבָב lêbâb

the heart (as the most interior organ);

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wilderness H4057

מִדְבָּר midbâr

a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)

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day H3117

יוֹם yôwm

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:14 cross-reference

Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Exodus 17:7 cross-reference

And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Psalm 78:18 cross-reference

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Daniel 5:20 cross-reference

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

Matthew 13:15 cross-reference

For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under...

Jeremiah 7:26 cross-reference

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Psalm 78:56 cross-reference

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Exodus 8:15 cross-reference

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

Job 9:4 cross-reference

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Proverbs 29:1 cross-reference

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Psalm 106:14 cross-reference

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Deuteronomy 6:16 cross-reference

Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

2 Chronicles 36:13 cross-reference

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Numbers 14:11 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

1 Samuel 6:6 cross-reference

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

1 Corinthians 10:9 cross-reference

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Acts 19:9 cross-reference

But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Nehemiah 9:16 cross-reference

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

2 Chronicles 30:8 cross-reference

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness o...

2 Kings 17:14 cross-reference

Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

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