Joel 2:10
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
רָגַז
râgaz
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
חָרַד
chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
כּוֹכָב
kôwkâb
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
נֹגַהּ
nôgahh
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָגַז râgaz
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
Study H7264 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →חָרַד chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Study H2729 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Study H8121 →Cross References
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fro...
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n...
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
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