Isaiah 46:1

Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data

"Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast."

Word-by-Word Analysis

בֵּל

Bêl

H1078

Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians

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אַבְרֵךְ

ʼabrêk

H86

kneel

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down

נְבוֹ

Nᵉbôw

H5015

Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine

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יָשֵׁשׁ

yâshêsh

H3486

gray-haired, i.e. an aged man

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their

גִּלּוּל

gillûwl

H1544

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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were upon the

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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and upon the

מִקְנֶה

miqneh

H4735

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

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your

ἀποσκευάζω

aposkeuázō

G643

to pack up (one's) baggage

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were

כָּבֵד

kâbêd

H3515

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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English grammatical function word ('loaden'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent ...

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they are a

מַשָּׂא

massâʼ

H4853

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

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to the

לָאָה

lâʼâh

H3811

to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted

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חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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Key Terms in This Verse

stoopeth H3486

יָשֵׁשׁ yâshêsh

gray-haired, i.e. an aged man

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loaden GRAM

English grammatical function word ('loaden'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are req...

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Bel H1078

בֵּל Bêl

Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians

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boweth H86

אַבְרֵךְ ʼabrêk

kneel

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carriages G643

ἀποσκευάζω aposkeuázō

to pack up (one's) baggage

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Nebo H5015

נְבוֹ Nᵉbôw

Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine

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heavy H3515

כָּבֵד kâbêd

heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)

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weary H3811

לָאָה lâʼâh

to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted

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burden H4853

מַשָּׂא massâʼ

a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire

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idols H1544

גִּלּוּל gillûwl

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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Cross References

Isaiah 21:9 cross-reference

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Jeremiah 51:44 cross-reference

And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fal...

Jeremiah 50:2 cross-reference

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images...

Jeremiah 51:52 cross-reference

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

Exodus 12:12 cross-reference

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LOR...

1 Samuel 5:3 cross-reference

And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

Isaiah 2:20 cross-reference

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

Jeremiah 10:5 cross-reference

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Jeremiah 51:47 cross-reference

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

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