Micah 3:2

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;"

Word-by-Word Analysis

Who

שָׂנֵא

sânêʼ

H8130

to hate (personally)

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the

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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and

אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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the

רַע

raʻ

H7451

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

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who

קָטַף

qâṭaph

H6998

to strip off

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off their

עוֹר

ʻôwr

H5785

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

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from off them and their

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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from off their

עֶצֶם

ʻetsem

H6106

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

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Key Terms in This Verse

pluck H6998

קָטַף qâṭaph

to strip off

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skin H5785

עוֹר ʻôwr

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

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hate H8130

שָׂנֵא sânêʼ

to hate (personally)

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bones H6106

עֶצֶם ʻetsem

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

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love H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

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

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good H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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Cross References

Ezekiel 22:27 cross-reference

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Psalm 53:4 cross-reference

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Proverbs 28:4 cross-reference

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

1 Kings 21:20 cross-reference

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 19:2 cross-reference

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the ...

Romans 12:9 cross-reference

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

2 Timothy 3:3 cross-reference

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Romans 1:32 cross-reference

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Psalm 15:4 cross-reference

In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

John 18:40 cross-reference

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Zephaniah 3:3 cross-reference

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

Isaiah 3:15 cross-reference

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Luke 19:14 cross-reference

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

Ezekiel 34:3 cross-reference

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

John 7:7 cross-reference

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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