Isaiah 59:5
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקַע
bâqaʻ
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
צֶפַע
tsephaʻ
a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, i.e. hissing)
שְׂמָמִית
sᵉmâmîyth
a lizard (from the superstition of its noxiousness)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
אֶפְעֶה
ʼephʻeh
an asp or other venomous serpent
Key Terms in This Verse
בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →דָּכָא dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Study H1792 →Cross References
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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