Job 18:17
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street."
Word-by-Word Analysis
זֵכֶר
zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
רְחֹב
rᵉchôb
a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
Key Terms in This Verse
זֵכֶר zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
Study H2143 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →Cross References
The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
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