Psalm 78:8

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And might not be as their

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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a

סָרַר

çârar

H5637

to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory

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and

מְרִי

mᵉrîy

H4805

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

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דּוֹר

dôwr

H1755

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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דּוֹר

dôwr

H1755

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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that

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

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

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not their

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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יָטַב

yâṭab

H3190

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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and

אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher

H834

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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was not

אָמַן

ʼâman

H539

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...

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with

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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Key Terms in This Verse

stubborn H5637

סָרַר çârar

to turn away, i.e. (morally) be refractory

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aright H3190

יָטַב yâṭab

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

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stedfast H539

אָמַן ʼâman

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

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rebellious H4805

מְרִי mᵉrîy

bitterness, i.e. (figuratively) rebellion; concretely, bitter, or rebellious

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generation H1755

דּוֹר dôwr

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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generation H1755

דּוֹר dôwr

properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling

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whose H834

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

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spirit H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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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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Cross References

Psalm 78:37 cross-reference

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

Exodus 32:9 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Ezekiel 20:18 cross-reference

But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

2 Kings 17:14 cross-reference

Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.

Deuteronomy 31:27 cross-reference

For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Deuteronomy 9:13 cross-reference

Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

Exodus 33:5 cross-reference

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments...

Ezekiel 20:8 cross-reference

But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out ...

Deuteronomy 9:24 cross-reference

Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

2 Chronicles 30:7 cross-reference

And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

Acts 7:51 cross-reference

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Exodus 33:3 cross-reference

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

2 Chronicles 30:19 cross-reference

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 20:33 cross-reference

Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

Exodus 34:9 cross-reference

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritan...

Psalm 68:6 cross-reference

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Deuteronomy 4:4 cross-reference

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

2 Chronicles 19:3 cross-reference

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

2 Chronicles 12:14 cross-reference

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.

Psalm 106:7 cross-reference

Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

Job 11:13 cross-reference

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Acts 11:23 cross-reference

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Isaiah 30:9 cross-reference

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

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