Zechariah 10:2

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

גִּלּוּל

gillûwl

H1544

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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have

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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and the

קָסַם

qâçam

H7080

properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine

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have

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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a

שָׁכַב

shâkab

H7901

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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and have

נָגַד

nâgad

H5046

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...

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שֶׁקֶר

sheqer

H8267

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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חֲלוֹם

chălôwm

H2472

a dream

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they

נָחַם

nâcham

H5162

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...

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in

שָׁוְא

shâvᵉʼ

H7723

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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they

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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their

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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as a

צֹאן

tsôʼn

H6629

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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they were

בָּהַל

bâhal

H926

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

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פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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there was no

רָעָה

râʻâh

H7462

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frien...

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Key Terms in This Verse

diviners H7080

קָסַם qâçam

properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine

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dreams H2472

חֲלוֹם chălôwm

a dream

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shepherd H7462

רָעָה râʻâh

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

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false H8267

שֶׁקֶר sheqer

an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

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comfort H5162

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)

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troubled H926

בָּהַל bâhal

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

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vanity H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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idols H1544

גִּלּוּל gillûwl

properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol

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flock H6629

צֹאן tsôʼn

a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)

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vain H7723

שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ

evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)

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Cross References

Matthew 9:36 cross-reference

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Jeremiah 27:9 cross-reference

Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babyl...

Ezekiel 34:5 cross-reference

And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

Genesis 31:19 cross-reference

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

Habakkuk 2:18 cross-reference

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Ezekiel 34:8 cross-reference

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock,...

Hosea 3:4 cross-reference

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Jeremiah 14:22 cross-reference

Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these t...

Job 13:4 cross-reference

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Ezekiel 21:29 cross-reference

Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

Jeremiah 29:8 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Job 21:34 cross-reference

How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

1 Kings 22:17 cross-reference

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

Jeremiah 23:17 cross-reference

They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Numbers 27:17 cross-reference

Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Jeremiah 8:11 cross-reference

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 6:14 cross-reference

They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 28:15 cross-reference

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 10:8 cross-reference

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Jeremiah 14:13 cross-reference

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

Judges 18:14 cross-reference

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten im...

Isaiah 44:9 cross-reference

They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

Jeremiah 37:19 cross-reference

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Jeremiah 50:17 cross-reference

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Isaiah 46:5 cross-reference

To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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