Hosea 2:23

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

זָרַע

zâraʻ

H2232

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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her unto me in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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and I will have

חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

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

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upon her that had not

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

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

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and I will

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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to them which were not my

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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Thou art my

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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and they shall

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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Thou art my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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Key Terms in This Verse

obtained H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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sow H2232

זָרַע zâraʻ

to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

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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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mercy H2617

חֵסֵד chêçêd

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

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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people H5971

עַם ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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people H5971

עַם ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:9 cross-reference

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my ...

Romans 3:29 cross-reference

Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:

Zechariah 2:11 cross-reference

And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

Psalm 22:27 cross-reference

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

Malachi 1:11 cross-reference

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my nam...

Hosea 1:6 cross-reference

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Jeremiah 31:27 cross-reference

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Psalm 68:31 cross-reference

Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

Jeremiah 32:38 cross-reference

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Jeremiah 16:19 cross-reference

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit...

Psalm 118:28 cross-reference

Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

Psalm 72:16 cross-reference

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Zechariah 14:16 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast ...

Zechariah 14:9 cross-reference

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Zechariah 10:9 cross-reference

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

Song of Solomon 2:16 cross-reference

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

Hosea 8:2 cross-reference

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

Isaiah 44:5 cross-reference

One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

James 1:1 cross-reference

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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