Isaiah 7:16
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
יֶלֶד
yeled
something born, i.e. a lad or offspring
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
βδελύσσω
bdelýssō
to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
βδελύσσω bdelýssō
to be disgusted, i.e. (by implication) detest (especially of idolatry)
Study G948 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they...
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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