Isaiah 33:8
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֹרַח
ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
חָרַב
chârab
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חָדַל
châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֹרַח ʼôrach
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Study H734 →חָדַל châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Study H2308 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →חָרַב chârab
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
Study H2717 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err ther...
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th...
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
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