Joshua 9:4
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
עׇרְמָה
ʻormâh
trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אַמְתַּחַת
ʼamtachath
properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
נֹאד
nôʼd
a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
קָרַע
qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Key Terms in This Verse
מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →קָרַע qâraʻ
to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
Study H7167 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →Cross References
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
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