Jeremiah 23:29

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Is not my

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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as a

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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a

פַּטִּישׁ

paṭṭîysh

H6360

a hammer

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that

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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the

צוּר

tsûwr

H6697

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

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in

נָפַץ

nâphats

H5310

to dash to pieces, or scatter

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Key Terms in This Verse

hammer H6360

פַּטִּישׁ paṭṭîysh

a hammer

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breaketh H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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rock H6697

צוּר tsûwr

properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)

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pieces H5310

נָפַץ nâphats

to dash to pieces, or scatter

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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word H1697

דָּבָר dâbâr

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Hebrews 4:12 cross-reference

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug...

Jeremiah 5:14 cross-reference

Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Luke 24:32 cross-reference

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Jeremiah 20:9 cross-reference

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...

Revelation 11:5 cross-reference

And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

John 6:63 cross-reference

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Acts 2:3 cross-reference

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

Acts 2:37 cross-reference

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

2 Corinthians 2:16 cross-reference

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

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