Isaiah 21:17
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
קֵדָר
Qêdâr
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
גָּרַע
gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
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...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּרַע gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Study H1639 →קֵדָר Qêdâr
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
Study H6938 →מִסְפָּר miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Study H4557 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according...
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
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