Jeremiah 5:27
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כְּלוּב
kᵉlûwb
a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
מוּךְ
mûwk
to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
עָשִׁיר
ʻâshîyr
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּלוּב kᵉlûwb
a bird-trap (as furnished with a clap-stick or treadle to spring it); hence, a basket (as resembling a wicker cage)
Study H3619 →הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →Cross References
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha...
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
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