Romans 11:3
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
נָבִיא
nâbîyʼ
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
חָפַר
châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפַר châphar
properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
Study H2658 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →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
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great prov...
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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