Hosea 5
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
7They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
8Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
9Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
10The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayimH6699× in this chapter
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34786× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- הָלַךְhâlakH19805× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30635× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- אֲנִיʼănîyH5895× in this chapter
I
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֵתʼêthH8534× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- בֵּית אָוֶןBêyth ʼÂvenH10072× in this chapter
Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12452× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- אַחַרʼacharH3102× in this chapter
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- כָּשַׁלkâshalH37822× in this chapter
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
- מָזוֹרmâzôwrH42052× in this chapter
a bandage, i.e. remedy; hence, a sore (as needing a compress)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49412× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עַתָּהʻattâhH62582× in this chapter
at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שׁוּבshûwbH77252× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בִּנְיָמִיןBinyâmîynH11441× in this chapter
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- בָּקָרbâqârH12411× in this chapter
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- גָּאוֹןgâʼôwnH13471× in this chapter
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlH13661× in this chapter
properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed
- גִּבְעָהGibʻâhH13901× in this chapter
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
- גָּהָהgâhâhH14551× in this chapter
to remove (a bandage from a wound, i.e. heal it)
- גַּםgamH15711× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
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
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זוּרzûwrH21141× in this chapter
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- זָנָהzânâhH21811× in this chapter
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
- זָנוּןzânûwnH21831× in this chapter
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
- חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23201× in this chapter
the new moon; by implication, a month
- אָזַןʼâzanH2381× in this chapter
to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen
- חֳלִיchŏlîyH24831× in this chapter
malady, anxiety, calamity