Zechariah 5:8
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
אֵיפָה
ʼêyphâh
an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
מִשְׁקָל
mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
נָחָה
nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁקָל mishqâl
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
Study H4948 →נָחָה nâchâh
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
Study H5148 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able ...
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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