Jeremiah 10:2
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
חָתַת
châthath
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
אוֹת
ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
חָתַת
châthath
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
Key Terms in This Verse
חָתַת châthath
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
Study H2865 →חָתַת châthath
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
Study H2865 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →אוֹת ʼôwth
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Study H226 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →Cross References
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
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