Joel 2:7
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
מִלְחָמָה
milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
πρασιά
prasiá
a garden plot, i.e. (by implication, of regular beds) a row (repeated in plural by Hebraism, to indicate an arrangement)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →πρασιά prasiá
a garden plot, i.e. (by implication, of regular beds) a row (repeated in plural by Hebraism, to indicate an arrangement)
Study G4237 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
Study H4421 →Cross References
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they sai...
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
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