Isaiah 59:3

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For your

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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טָמֵא

ṭâmêʼ

H2930

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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with

דָּם

dâm

H1818

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe...

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אֶצְבַּע

ʼetsbaʻ

H676

something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe

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עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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שָׂפָה

sâphâh

H8193

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn

H3956

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...

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hath

הָגָה

hâgâh

H1897

to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder

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סֶלֶף

çeleph

H5558

distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness

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Key Terms in This Verse

muttered H1897

הָגָה hâgâh

to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder

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perverseness H5558

סֶלֶף çeleph

distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness

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fingers H676

אֶצְבַּע ʼetsbaʻ

something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe

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lies H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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defiled H2930

טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

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lips H8193

שָׂפָה sâphâh

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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tongue H3956

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

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iniquity H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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spoken H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:15 cross-reference

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Ezekiel 13:8 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.

Jeremiah 2:34 cross-reference

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Isaiah 1:21 cross-reference

How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Jeremiah 2:30 cross-reference

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Hosea 7:13 cross-reference

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Micah 7:2 cross-reference

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Ezekiel 9:9 cross-reference

Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth...

Ezekiel 35:6 cross-reference

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

Ezekiel 7:23 cross-reference

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Micah 6:12 cross-reference

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Jeremiah 7:8 cross-reference

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Hosea 4:2 cross-reference

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Ezekiel 22:2 cross-reference

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

Hosea 7:3 cross-reference

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Matthew 27:4 cross-reference

Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

1 Timothy 4:2 cross-reference

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

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