Job 9:30
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּבַס
kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
שֶׁלֶג
sheleg
snow (probably from its whiteness)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
טָהוֹר
ṭâhôwr
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
Key Terms in This Verse
עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →כָּבַס kâbaç
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
Study H3526 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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