Isaiah 40:8
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָבֵשׁ
yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
פֶּרַח
perach
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
ἀμάραντος
amárantos
unfading, i.e. (by implication) perpetual
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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...
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
Key Terms in This Verse
יָבֵשׁ yâbêsh
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Study H3001 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, ...
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...
The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
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