Nahum 3:6

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

שָׁלַךְ

shâlak

H7993

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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תַּעָב

taʻâb

H8581

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

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שִׁקּוּץ

shiqqûwts

H8251

disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol

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upon thee and

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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thee

קָלָה

qâlâh

H7034

to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)

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and will

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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thee as a

רֳאִי

rŏʼîy

H7210

sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)

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Key Terms in This Verse

gazingstock H7210

רֳאִי rŏʼîy

sight, whether abstractly (vision) or concretely (a spectacle)

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filth H8251

שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûwts

disgusting, i.e. filthy; especially idolatrous or (concretely) an idol

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vile H7034

קָלָה qâlâh

to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)

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abominable H8581

תַּעָב taʻâb

to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest

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cast H7993

שָׁלַךְ shâlak

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Malachi 2:9 cross-reference

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Job 9:31 cross-reference

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Jeremiah 51:37 cross-reference

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Job 30:8 cross-reference

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Nahum 1:14 cross-reference

And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for t...

Hebrews 10:33 cross-reference

Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

1 Corinthians 4:9 cross-reference

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Corinthians 4:13 cross-reference

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

Lamentations 3:16 cross-reference

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

Jude 1:7 cross-reference

Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of ete...

Zephaniah 2:15 cross-reference

This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth b...

Malachi 2:2 cross-reference

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed the...

Job 30:19 cross-reference

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

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