Jeremiah 5:8

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife."

Word-by-Word Analysis

They were as

רָעָה

râʻâh

H7462

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...

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סוּס

çûwç

H5483

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

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in the

בֹּקֶר

bôqer

H1242

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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every

אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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צָהַל

tsâhal

H6670

to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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his

רֵעַ

rêaʻ

H7453

an associate (more or less close)

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אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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Key Terms in This Verse

neighed H6670

צָהַל tsâhal

to gleam, i.e. (figuratively) be cheerful; by transference to sound clear (of various animal or human expressions)

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fed H7462

רָעָה râʻâh

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

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horses H5483

סוּס çûwç

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

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neighbour H7453

רֵעַ rêaʻ

an associate (more or less close)

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morning H1242

בֹּקֶר bôqer

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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wife H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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after H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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one H259

אֶחָד ʼechâd

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:27 cross-reference

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it...

Ezekiel 22:11 cross-reference

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

Deuteronomy 5:18 cross-reference

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Job 31:9 cross-reference

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

Jeremiah 29:23 cross-reference

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a ...

Genesis 39:9 cross-reference

There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Exodus 20:17 cross-reference

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Exodus 20:14 cross-reference

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:21 cross-reference

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour...

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