Jeremiah 38:6
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
מַלְכִּיָּה
Malkîyâh
Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
חָצֵר
châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
חֶבֶל
chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c...
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
חֶבֶל chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especi...
Study H2256 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →חָצֵר châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Study H2691 →Cross References
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in t...
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevail...
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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