Isaiah 46:6
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זוּל
zûwl
probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
כִּיס
kîyç
a cup; also a bag formoney or weights
שָׁקַל
shâqal
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
מֹאזֵן
môʼzên
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
שָׂכָר
sâkâr
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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...
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Key Terms in This Verse
זוּל zûwl
probably to shake out, i.e. (by implication) to scatter profusely; figuratively, to treat lightly
Study H2107 →צָרַף tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
Study H6884 →שָׂכָר sâkâr
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
Study H7939 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning m...
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
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