Jeremiah 3:5
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָטַר
nâṭar
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יְכֵל
yᵉkêl
{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
Key Terms in This Verse
יְכֵל yᵉkêl
{to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)}
Study H3202 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will ...
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
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