Jeremiah 48:18
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
μέλω
mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
דִּיבוֹן
Dîybôwn
Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
כָּבוֹד
kâbôwd
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
צָמָא
tsâmâʼ
thirst (literally or figuratively)
שָׁדַד
shâdad
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
חָזָק
châzâq
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁדַד shâdad
properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
Study H7703 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →μέλω mélō
to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters)
Study G3199 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →Cross References
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim,
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumci...
And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with t...
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wep...
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