Hosea 8:12
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
נֵכָר
nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →נֵכָר nêkâr
foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
Study H5236 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great prov...
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will ...
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