Hosea 4:7

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."

Word-by-Word Analysis

As they were

רָבָה

râbâh

H7235

to increase (in whatever respect)

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so they

חָטָא

châṭâʼ

H2398

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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me

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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will I

מוּר

mûwr

H4171

to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of

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their

כָּבוֹד

kâbôwd

H3519

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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into

כְּלִמָּה

kᵉlimmâh

H3639

disgrace

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Key Terms in This Verse

change H4171

מוּר mûwr

to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of

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increased H7235

רָבָה râbâh

to increase (in whatever respect)

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shame H3639

כְּלִמָּה kᵉlimmâh

disgrace

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sinned H2398

חָטָא châṭâʼ

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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glory H3519

כָּבוֹד kâbôwd

properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

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therefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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Cross References

Hosea 13:6 cross-reference

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Philippians 3:19 cross-reference

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

1 Samuel 2:30 cross-reference

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I ...

Hosea 4:10 cross-reference

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

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.

Malachi 2:9 cross-reference

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Hosea 5:1 cross-reference

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Ezra 9:7 cross-reference

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the...

Habakkuk 2:16 cross-reference

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

Hosea 6:9 cross-reference

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Hosea 13:14 cross-reference

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

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