Job 1:20
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
קָרַע
qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
אֶדֶר
ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
גָּלַח
gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּלַח gâlach
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
Study H1548 →אֶדֶר ʼeder
amplitude, i.e. (concrete) a mantle; also (figuratively) splendor
Study H145 →קָרַע qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Study H7167 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the...
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and pr...
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