Jeremiah 20:9
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
סָגַר
çâgar
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
לָאָה
lâʼâh
to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Key Terms in This Verse
אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →Cross References
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife sh...
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
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