Isaiah 48:4

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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that thou art

גָּלַע

gâlaʻ

H1566

to be obstinate

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and thy

צַוָּאר

tsavvâʼr

H6677

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

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is an

בַּרְזֶל

barzel

H1270

iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

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גִּיד

gîyd

H1517

a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon

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and thy

מֵצַח

mêtsach

H4696

the forehead (as open and prominent)

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נְחֹשֶׁת

nᵉchôsheth

H5178

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

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Key Terms in This Verse

obstinate H1566

גָּלַע gâlaʻ

to be obstinate

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brow H4696

מֵצַח mêtsach

the forehead (as open and prominent)

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sinew H1517

גִּיד gîyd

a thong (as compressing); by analogy, a tendon

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neck H6677

צַוָּאר tsavvâʼr

the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)

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iron H1270

בַּרְזֶל barzel

iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

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brass H5178

נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth

copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

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knew H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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Because H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Cross References

Acts 7:51 cross-reference

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Exodus 32:9 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Proverbs 29:1 cross-reference

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Romans 2:5 cross-reference

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Jeremiah 19:15 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that...

Jeremiah 5:3 cross-reference

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...

Deuteronomy 31:27 cross-reference

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Exodus 33:5 cross-reference

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments...

Psalm 75:5 cross-reference

Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Psalm 78:8 cross-reference

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Exodus 33:3 cross-reference

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

2 Chronicles 36:13 cross-reference

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

Isaiah 46:12 cross-reference

Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:

Jeremiah 3:3 cross-reference

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Daniel 5:20 cross-reference

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

Deuteronomy 10:16 cross-reference

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Hebrews 3:13 cross-reference

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

2 Chronicles 30:8 cross-reference

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness o...

2 Kings 17:14 cross-reference

Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Jeremiah 7:26 cross-reference

Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

Nehemiah 9:28 cross-reference

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee...

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