Hosea 7:3

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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with their

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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and the

שַׂר

sar

H8269

a head person (of any rank or class)

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with their

שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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Key Terms in This Verse

lies H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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glad H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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wickedness H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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princes H8269

שַׂר sar

a head person (of any rank or class)

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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king H4428

מֶלֶךְ melek

a king

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Cross References

Romans 1:32 cross-reference

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Micah 7:3 cross-reference

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Jeremiah 5:31 cross-reference

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Hosea 5:11 cross-reference

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

1 Kings 22:13 cross-reference

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of ...

Jeremiah 9:2 cross-reference

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 37:19 cross-reference

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Hosea 4:2 cross-reference

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 7:5 cross-reference

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Micah 6:16 cross-reference

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye sha...

1 Kings 22:6 cross-reference

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD sh...

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