Micah 2:1

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand."

Word-by-Word Analysis

הוֹי

hôwy

H1945

oh!

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to them that

חָשַׁב

châshab

H2803

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...

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עָוֺן

ʻâvôn

H5771

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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and

מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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upon their

מִטָּה

miṭṭâh

H4296

a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

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when the

בֹּקֶר

bôqer

H1242

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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is

אוֹר

ʼôwr

H216

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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they

עָלַל

ʻâlal

H5953

to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose ...

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it

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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it is in the

כֹּחַ

kôach

H3581

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

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of their

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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Key Terms in This Verse

practise H5953

עָלַל ʻâlal

to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)

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beds H4296

מִטָּה miṭṭâh

a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

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devise H2803

חָשַׁב châshab

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...

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Woe H1945

הוֹי hôwy

oh!

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morning H1242

בֹּקֶר bôqer

properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

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light H216

אוֹר ʼôwr

illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

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power H3581

כֹּחַ kôach

vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard

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iniquity H5771

עָוֺן ʻâvôn

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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work H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Cross References

Psalm 36:4 cross-reference

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Isaiah 32:7 cross-reference

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Nahum 1:11 cross-reference

There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

Romans 1:30 cross-reference

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Proverbs 4:16 cross-reference

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Genesis 31:29 cross-reference

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Proverbs 3:27 cross-reference

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

Jeremiah 18:18 cross-reference

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him wit...

Acts 23:12 cross-reference

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Deuteronomy 28:32 cross-reference

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand:

John 19:11 cross-reference

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

Isaiah 59:3 cross-reference

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

Proverbs 12:2 cross-reference

A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Luke 20:19 cross-reference

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

Esther 5:14 cross-reference

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily ...

Mark 15:1 cross-reference

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

Esther 3:8 cross-reference

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither k...

Esther 9:25 cross-reference

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on t...

Acts 23:15 cross-reference

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne...

Ezekiel 11:2 cross-reference

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

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