Leviticus 26:38
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, u...
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall wo...
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen...
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