Micah 5:8
Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data
"And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁאֵרִית
shᵉʼêrîyth
a remainder or residual (surviving, final) portion
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
יַעַר
yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
דָּרַךְ
dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
טָרַף
ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
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)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Key Terms in This Verse
טָרַף ṭâraph
to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
Study H2963 →דָּרַךְ dârak
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
Study H1869 →יַעַר yaʻar
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
Study H3293 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →Cross References
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confoun...
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and t...
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corner...
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
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:
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
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