Hosea 10:12

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you."

Word-by-Word Analysis

זָרַע

zâraʻ

H2232

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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to

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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in

צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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קָצַר

qâtsar

H7114

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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in

חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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up your

יַחְמוּר

yachmûwr

H3180

a kind of deer

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אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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for it is

עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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to

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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עַד

ʻad

H5705

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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he

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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and

מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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upon you

Key Terms in This Verse

fallow H3180

יַחְמוּר yachmûwr

a kind of deer

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reap H7114

קָצַר qâtsar

to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)

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Sow H2232

זָרַע zâraʻ

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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break H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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till H5705

עַד ʻad

{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}

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yourselves H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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ground H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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seek H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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mercy H2617

חֵסֵד chêçêd

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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Cross References

Isaiah 45:8 cross-reference

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created ...

James 3:18 cross-reference

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Proverbs 11:18 cross-reference

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Isaiah 55:6 cross-reference

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Hosea 6:3 cross-reference

Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Isaiah 44:3 cross-reference

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Psalm 105:4 cross-reference

Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

Ecclesiastes 11:6 cross-reference

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Amos 5:15 cross-reference

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Luke 13:24 cross-reference

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Amos 5:6 cross-reference

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Isaiah 31:1 cross-reference

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra...

Amos 5:4 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Hosea 12:6 cross-reference

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

Hosea 8:7 cross-reference

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

Amos 5:8 cross-reference

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...

Isaiah 30:23 cross-reference

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa...

Isaiah 32:20 cross-reference

Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

Ezekiel 34:26 cross-reference

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

Psalm 72:6 cross-reference

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

Acts 2:18 cross-reference

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Isaiah 5:6 cross-reference

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Proverbs 18:21 cross-reference

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Jeremiah 50:4 cross-reference

In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

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