Zephaniah 2:14
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
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...
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
קָאַת
qâʼath
probably the pelican (from vomiting)
קִפּוֹד
qippôwd
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
לוּן
lûwn
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
כַּפְתֹּר
kaphtôr
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
שְׁמָמָה
shᵉmâmâh
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
אָסֻף
ʼâçuph
collected (only in the plural), i.e. a collection of offerings)
גָּלָה
gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
מַעֲשֶׂה
maʻăseh
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
Key Terms in This Verse
כַּפְתֹּר kaphtôr
a chaplet; but used only in an architectonic sense, i.e. the capital of acolumn, or a wreath-like button or disk on the candelabrum
Study H3730 →קִפּוֹד qippôwd
a species of bird, perhaps the bittern (from its contracted form)
Study H7090 →אָסֻף ʼâçuph
collected (only in the plural), i.e. a collection of offerings)
Study H624 →גָּלָה gâlâh
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
Study H1540 →לוּן lûwn
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Study H3885 →Cross References
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he ...
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and ha...
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
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