Lamentations 5:7

Old Testament • 4 words with Strong's data

"Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Our

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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have

חָטָא

châṭâʼ

H2398

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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and are not and we have

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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their

עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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Key Terms in This Verse

borne H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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iniquities H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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sinned H2398

חָטָא châṭâʼ

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Cross References

Jeremiah 31:29 cross-reference

In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

Jeremiah 16:12 cross-reference

And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

Ezekiel 18:2 cross-reference

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

Jeremiah 14:20 cross-reference

We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

Exodus 20:5 cross-reference

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th...

Jeremiah 31:15 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Genesis 42:36 cross-reference

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

Job 7:21 cross-reference

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Genesis 42:13 cross-reference

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Job 7:8 cross-reference

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Zechariah 1:5 cross-reference

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?

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