Psalm 78:58

Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data

"For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For they

מָרָה

mârâh

H4784

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

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him to

אַף

ʼaph

H639

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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with their

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn

H5945

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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בָּמָה

bâmâh

H1116

an elevation

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and

סוּת

çûwth

H5496

properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce

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him to

קִנְאָה

qinʼâh

H7068

jealousy or envy

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with their

חָרַת

chârath

H2801

to engrave

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פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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Key Terms in This Verse

provoked H4784

מָרָה mârâh

to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)

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jealousy H7068

קִנְאָה qinʼâh

jealousy or envy

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graven H2801

חָרַת chârath

to engrave

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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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moved H5496

סוּת çûwth

properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce

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places H1116

בָּמָה bâmâh

an elevation

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anger H639

אַף ʼaph

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

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high H5945

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:21 cross-reference

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...

Leviticus 26:30 cross-reference

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

1 Kings 12:31 cross-reference

And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

1 Corinthians 10:22 cross-reference

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

1 Kings 11:7 cross-reference

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.

Deuteronomy 12:2 cross-reference

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Deuteronomy 27:15 cross-reference

Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and sa...

Judges 2:17 cross-reference

And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying th...

Psalm 79:5 cross-reference

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Jeremiah 8:19 cross-reference

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their gra...

Exodus 34:14 cross-reference

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Deuteronomy 12:4 cross-reference

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

Judges 2:20 cross-reference

And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

1 Kings 11:10 cross-reference

And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.

Numbers 33:52 cross-reference

Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

Hosea 13:2 cross-reference

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men tha...

Judges 10:6 cross-reference

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children o...

Psalm 97:7 cross-reference

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

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