Jeremiah 51:30
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בָּבֶל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
חָדַל
châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
לָחַם
lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
הָוָא
hâvâʼ
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָדַל châdal
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Study H2308 →מוֹשָׁב môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Study H4186 →יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →מִבְצָר mibtsâr
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Study H4013 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →הָוָא hâvâʼ
to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
Study H1934 →לָחַם lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Study H3898 →Cross References
Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto ...
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of h...
Welcome to LOGOS Study
Your complete Bible study toolkit