Jeremiah 6:24

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail."

Word-by-Word Analysis

We have

שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ

H8085

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

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the

שֹׁמַע

shômaʻ

H8089

a report

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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our

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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דּוֹנַג

dôwnag

H1749

wax;

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כָּשַׁל

kâshal

H3782

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

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צָרָה

tsârâh

H6869

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

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hath

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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חָזַק

châzaq

H2388

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...

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of us and

חַלְחָלָה

chalchâlâh

H2479

writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror

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as of a

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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in

תְּלָאָה

tᵉlâʼâh

H8513

distress

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Key Terms in This Verse

anguish H6869

צָרָה tsârâh

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:

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feeble H3782

כָּשַׁל kâshal

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

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fame H8089

שֹׁמַע shômaʻ

a report

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wax H1749

דּוֹנַג dôwnag

wax;

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pain H2479

חַלְחָלָה chalchâlâh

writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror

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travail H8513

תְּלָאָה tᵉlâʼâh

distress

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hold H2388

חָזַק châzaq

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

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taken H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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woman H802

אִשָּׁה ʼishshâh

a woman

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hands H3027

יָד yâd

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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Cross References

Jeremiah 49:24 cross-reference

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Jeremiah 4:31 cross-reference

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, s...

Jeremiah 50:43 cross-reference

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

Isaiah 28:19 cross-reference

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

Jeremiah 13:21 cross-reference

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?

Jeremiah 30:6 cross-reference

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Isaiah 21:3 cross-reference

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

Habakkuk 3:16 cross-reference

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, ...

Jeremiah 22:23 cross-reference

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

1 Thessalonians 5:3 cross-reference

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Psalm 48:6 cross-reference

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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