Isaiah 56:4
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
סָרִיס
çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
שַׁבָּת
shabbâth
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
טוֹב
ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
בְּרִית
bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Key Terms in This Verse
סָרִיס çârîyç
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Study H5631 →טוֹב ṭôwb
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Study H2895 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →בְּרִית bᵉrîyth
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
Study H1285 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites...
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to gro...
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh ho...
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
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