Revelation 9:20
New Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יֶתֶר
yether
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
מַכָּה
makkâh
a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
נָחַם
nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
δαιμόνιον
daimónion
a dæmonic being; by extension a deity
גִּלּוּל
gillûwl
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
נְחֹשֶׁת
nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָחַם nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Study H5162 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →נְחֹשֶׁת nᵉchôsheth
copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
Study H5178 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and ...
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the s...
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which ...
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe ...
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be...
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, a...
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, a...
And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be mo...
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
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