Isaiah 1:16
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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