Joel 2:13

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

קָרַע

qâraʻ

H7167

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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your

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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and not your

בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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and

שׁוּב

shûwb

H7725

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

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unto the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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your

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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for he is

חָנַן

chânan

H2603

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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and

חָנַן

chânan

H2603

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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אָרֵךְ

ʼârêk

H750

long

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to

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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and of

גָּדוֹל

gâdôwl

H1419

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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חֵסֵד

chêçêd

H2617

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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and

נָחַם

nâcham

H5162

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...

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him of the

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

repenteth H5162

נָחַם nâcham

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)

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slow H750

אָרֵךְ ʼârêk

long

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rend H7167

קָרַע qâraʻ

to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)

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gracious H2603

חָנַן chânan

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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merciful H2603

חָנַן chânan

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

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kindness H2617

חֵסֵד chêçêd

kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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garments H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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anger H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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turn H7725

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Cross References

Psalm 86:15 cross-reference

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalm 34:18 cross-reference

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Isaiah 57:15 cross-reference

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of t...

Micah 7:18 cross-reference

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Psalm 86:5 cross-reference

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalm 103:8 cross-reference

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Isaiah 66:2 cross-reference

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Jonah 4:2 cross-reference

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and me...

Psalm 51:17 cross-reference

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

2 Samuel 1:11 cross-reference

Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

Ephesians 2:4 cross-reference

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Numbers 14:18 cross-reference

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and four...

2 Kings 22:19 cross-reference

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola...

Romans 2:4 cross-reference

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Psalm 106:45 cross-reference

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Job 1:20 cross-reference

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Nehemiah 9:17 cross-reference

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God...

1 Timothy 4:8 cross-reference

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Nahum 1:3 cross-reference

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Genesis 37:34 cross-reference

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

2 Kings 5:7 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his lepro...

Genesis 37:29 cross-reference

And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

Isaiah 58:5 cross-reference

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce...

2 Kings 6:30 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

1 Kings 21:27 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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