Jeremiah 10:4
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָדָה
ʻâdâh
to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
טְפַר
ṭᵉphar
a finger-nail; also a hoof or claw
מַקֶּבֶת
maqqebeth
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
חָרַץ
chârats
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Key Terms in This Verse
עָדָה ʻâdâh
to advance, i.e. pass on or continue; causatively, to remove; specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon)
Study H5710 →מַקֶּבֶת maqqebeth
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
Study H4718 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →חָרַץ chârats
properly, to point sharply, i.e. (literally) to wound; figuratively, to be alert, to decide
Study H2782 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →Cross References
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of ...
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and...
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
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