Hosea 12:7

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He is a

סָחַר

çâchar

H5503

to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

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the

מֹאזֵן

môʼzên

H3976

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

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of

מִרְמָה

mirmâh

H4820

fraud

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are in his

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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he

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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to

עָשַׁק

ʻâshaq

H6231

to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

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Key Terms in This Verse

balances H3976

מֹאזֵן môʼzên

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

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merchant H5503

סָחַר çâchar

to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

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oppress H6231

עָשַׁק ʻâshaq

to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

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deceit H4820

מִרְמָה mirmâh

fraud

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loveth H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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hand H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:1 cross-reference

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Isaiah 3:5 cross-reference

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

John 2:16 cross-reference

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.

James 5:4 cross-reference

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth...

Zechariah 14:21 cross-reference

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more t...

Amos 3:9 cross-reference

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppres...

1 Samuel 12:3 cross-reference

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have...

Amos 2:7 cross-reference

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Proverbs 16:11 cross-reference

A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...

Ezekiel 16:3 cross-reference

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

Ezekiel 22:29 cross-reference

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Micah 7:2 cross-reference

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Amos 4:1 cross-reference

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 5:11 cross-reference

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu...

Micah 2:1 cross-reference

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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