Isaiah 66:3
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
זָבַח
zâbach
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
כֶּבֶשׂ
kebes
a ram (just old enough to butt)
כֶּלֶב
keleb
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
קָרַב
qârab
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
תְּרוּמָה
tᵉrûwmâh
a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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) bloodshe...
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
בָרַךְ
bârak
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as...
אֱלִיל
ʼĕlîyl
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
Study H457 →תְּרוּמָה tᵉrûwmâh
a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
Study H8641 →Cross References
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did ch...
And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the...
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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