Hosea 12:11

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Is there

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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in

גִּלְעָד

Gilʻâd

H1568

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

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מוּת

mûwth

H4191

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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they are

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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they

זֶבַח

zebach

H2077

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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פַּר

par

H6499

a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)

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גִּלְגָּל

Gilgâl

H1537

Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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their

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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are as

חֲמֹרָה

chămôrâh

H2565

a heap

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in the

תֶּלֶם

telem

H8525

a bank or terrace

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of the

שָׂדֶה

sâdeh

H7704

a field (as flat)

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Key Terms in This Verse

furrows H8525

תֶּלֶם telem

a bank or terrace

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heaps H2565

חֲמֹרָה chămôrâh

a heap

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Gilgal H1537

גִּלְגָּל Gilgâl

Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine

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bullocks H6499

פַּר par

a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)

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altars H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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fields H7704

שָׂדֶה sâdeh

a field (as flat)

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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Gilead H1568

גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd

Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

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sacrifice H2077

זֶבַח zebach

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

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iniquity H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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Cross References

Hosea 6:8 cross-reference

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

Hosea 4:15 cross-reference

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

Hosea 8:11 cross-reference

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

Hosea 9:15 cross-reference

All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

Hosea 10:1 cross-reference

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

Jeremiah 10:15 cross-reference

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Amos 5:5 cross-reference

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

Jeremiah 10:8 cross-reference

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Amos 4:4 cross-reference

Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:

Jonah 2:8 cross-reference

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Jeremiah 2:28 cross-reference

But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Jeremiah 2:20 cross-reference

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

1 Kings 17:1 cross-reference

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...

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