Isaiah 44:12
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָצַר
yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
מַקֶּבֶת
maqqebeth
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
זְרוֹעַ
zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
כֹּחַ
kôach
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
גָּעַל
gâʻal
to detest; by implication, to reject
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מוּג
mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָצַר yâtsar
to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
Study H3335 →מַקֶּבֶת maqqebeth
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
Study H4718 →זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
Study H2220 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →Cross References
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt...
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, w...
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