Isaiah 63:16
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
ἀγνοέω
agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
נָכַר
nâkar
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (w...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
גָּאַל
gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָכַר nâkar
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be s...
Study H5234 →ἀγνοέω agnoéō
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
Study G50 →גָּאַל gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Study H1350 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →כִּי kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Study H3588 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m...
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my ...
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel,...
Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
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