Isaiah 45:7

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

Word-by-Word Analysis

I

תַּבְנִית

tabnîyth

H8403

structure; by implication, a model, resemblance

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the

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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and

בָּרָא

bârâʼ

H1254

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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I

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm

H7965

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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and

בָּרָא

bârâʼ

H1254

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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I the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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do all these

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Key Terms in This Verse

create H1254

בָּרָא bârâʼ

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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create H1254

בָּרָא bârâʼ

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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form H8403

תַּבְנִית tabnîyth

structure; by implication, a model, resemblance

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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peace H7965

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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things H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Amos 3:6 cross-reference

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Psalm 75:7 cross-reference

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Job 2:10 cross-reference

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Isaiah 31:2 cross-reference

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

Amos 4:13 cross-reference

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, T...

Jeremiah 13:16 cross-reference

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...

Jeremiah 31:35 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of host...

Jeremiah 51:20 cross-reference

Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

Nahum 1:8 cross-reference

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Amos 5:6 cross-reference

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Acts 4:28 cross-reference

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Ezekiel 32:8 cross-reference

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

Psalm 8:3 cross-reference

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Exodus 14:20 cross-reference

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the nigh...

Job 34:29 cross-reference

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Psalm 29:11 cross-reference

The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

Joel 2:2 cross-reference

A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a...

Jude 1:13 cross-reference

Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

James 1:17 cross-reference

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Jude 1:6 cross-reference

And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

2 Corinthians 4:6 cross-reference

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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