Malachi 2:15

Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data

"And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And did not he

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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had he the

שְׁאֵרִית

shᵉʼêrîyth

H7611

a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion

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of the

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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And

כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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אֶחָד

ʼechâd

H259

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

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That he might

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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a

חָסִיד

châçîyd

H2623

properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

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זֶרַע

zeraʻ

H2233

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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to your

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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and

שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

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

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אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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בָּגַד

bâgad

H898

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

אִשָּׁה

ʼishshâh

H802

a woman

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of his

נָעוּר

nâʻûwr

H5271

(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

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Key Terms in This Verse

godly H2623

חָסִיד châçîyd

properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

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treacherously H898

בָּגַד bâgad

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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residue H7611

שְׁאֵרִית shᵉʼêrîyth

a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion

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deal H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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youth H5271

נָעוּר nâʻûwr

(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)

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heed H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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seek H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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seed H2233

זֶרַע zeraʻ

seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

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wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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none H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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Cross References

Malachi 2:14 cross-reference

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Genesis 1:27 cross-reference

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

2 Corinthians 6:18 cross-reference

And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

1 Corinthians 7:14 cross-reference

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

Hosea 1:10 cross-reference

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my...

Titus 1:6 cross-reference

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

Job 27:3 cross-reference

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Genesis 6:2 cross-reference

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Proverbs 7:25 cross-reference

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Ephesians 6:4 cross-reference

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Matthew 15:19 cross-reference

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Deuteronomy 7:4 cross-reference

For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

Proverbs 6:25 cross-reference

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Jeremiah 2:21 cross-reference

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

1 Corinthians 7:2 cross-reference

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Proverbs 4:23 cross-reference

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Genesis 2:7 cross-reference

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 cross-reference

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Genesis 27:46 cross-reference

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall ...

Ezra 9:4 cross-reference

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

Genesis 24:44 cross-reference

And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.

John 20:22 cross-reference

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Acts 3:25 cross-reference

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Nehemiah 13:24 cross-reference

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

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