Zechariah 11:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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 frien...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
חֹדֶשׁ
chôdesh
the new moon; by implication, a month
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
גָּעַל
gâʻal
to detest; by implication, to reject
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
Key Terms in This Verse
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)
Study H7462 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →Cross References
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worshi...
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
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.
Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD th...
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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