KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Howbeit he” | וְהוּא֙ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | Howbeit |
| “meaneth” | יְדַמֶּ֔ה | To compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider | meaneth |
| “not” | לֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “so,” | כֵ֣ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “neither” | לֹא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | neither |
| “doth his heart” | וּלְבָב֖וֹ | The heart (as the most interior organ) | doth heart |
| “think” | יַחְשֹׁ֑ב | Properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute | think |
| “so;” | כֵ֣ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “but” | כִּ֚י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | but |
| “it is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “in his heart” | בִּלְבָב֔וֹ | The heart (as the most interior organ) | heart |
| “to destroy” | לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד | To desolate | destroy |
| “and cut off” | וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית | To cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces) | cut off |
| “nations” | גּוֹיִ֖ם | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | nations |
| “not” | לֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “a few.” | מְעָֽט׃ | A little or few (often adverbial or comparative) | few |
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5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
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