Lamentations 3:4
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
עוֹר
ʻôwr
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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 ...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →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 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →Cross References
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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