Micah 1:14
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
English grammatical function word ('moreshethgath'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equi...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אַכְזִיב
ʼAkzîyb
Akzib, the name of two places in Palestine
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('moreshethgath'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they ...
Study GRAM →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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)
Study H3651 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulder...
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became Dav...
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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