Lamentations 3:40

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD."

Word-by-Word Analysis

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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us

תּוּר

tûwr

H8446

to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring

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and

בָּחַן

bâchan

H974

to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate

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our

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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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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again to the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

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בָּחַן bâchan

to test (especially metals); generally and figuratively, to investigate

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search H8446

תּוּר tûwr

to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring

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ways H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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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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Let H7604

שָׁאַר shâʼar

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 13:5 cross-reference

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Psalm 4:4 cross-reference

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Isaiah 55:7 cross-reference

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Psalm 119:59 cross-reference

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Hosea 6:1 cross-reference

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

1 Corinthians 11:28 cross-reference

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

2 Chronicles 30:9 cross-reference

For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gra...

1 Corinthians 11:31 cross-reference

For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

2 Chronicles 30:6 cross-reference

So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD ...

Deuteronomy 4:30 cross-reference

When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

Ezekiel 18:28 cross-reference

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Acts 26:20 cross-reference

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Hosea 12:6 cross-reference

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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