Hosea 13:3
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
עָנָן
ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
שָׁכַם
shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
מֹץ
môts
chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)
נָדַח
nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
גֹּרֶן
gôren
a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area
עָשָׁן
ʻâshân
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
אֲרֻבָּה
ʼărubbâh
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲרֻבָּה ʼărubbâh
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
Study H699 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →נָדַח nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Study H5080 →שָׁכַם shâkam
literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
Study H7925 →עָנָן ʻânân
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
Study H6051 →Cross References
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was ...
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling th...
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