Malachi 3:2

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

But who may

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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the

יוֹם

yôwm

H3117

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...

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of his

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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and who shall

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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when he

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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for he is

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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a

צָרַף

tsâraph

H6884

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

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אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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and

דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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כָּבַס

kâbaç

H3526

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

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בֹּר

bôr

H1253

vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals

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Key Terms in This Verse

fullers H3526

כָּבַס kâbaç

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

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refiner H6884

צָרַף tsâraph

to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)

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soap H1253

בֹּר bôr

vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals

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appeareth H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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abide H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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coming H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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stand H5975

עָמַד ʻâmad

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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like H1819

דָּמָה dâmâh

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:9 cross-reference

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my ...

Isaiah 4:4 cross-reference

When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Revelation 6:17 cross-reference

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Luke 21:36 cross-reference

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Psalm 2:7 cross-reference

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Luke 3:17 cross-reference

Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

Malachi 4:1 cross-reference

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i...

Luke 3:9 cross-reference

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Revelation 2:23 cross-reference

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

Jeremiah 2:22 cross-reference

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

Hebrews 12:25 cross-reference

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

John 8:55 cross-reference

Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

Isaiah 1:18 cross-reference

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Luke 2:34 cross-reference

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

Matthew 25:10 cross-reference

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

Mark 9:3 cross-reference

And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Ezekiel 22:14 cross-reference

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

Revelation 7:14 cross-reference

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 19:8 cross-reference

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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