Lamentations 3:30
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לְחִי
lᵉchîy
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
חֶרְפָּה
cherpâh
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Study H4390 →מָלֵא mâlêʼ
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Study H4392 →Cross References
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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