Hosea 7
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
5In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
7They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
8Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
11Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
12When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
16They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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.
- כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- הוּאhûwʼH19314× 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
- הָיָהhâyâhH19614× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֶפְרַיִםʼEphrayimH6694× in this chapter
Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- רַעraʻH74514× in this chapter
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- לֵבlêbH38203× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44283× in this chapter
a king
- שַׂרsarH82693× in this chapter
a head person (of any rank or class)
- תַּנּוּרtannûwrH85743× in this chapter
a fire-pot
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11972× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× 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.)
- יָסַרyâçarH32562× in this chapter
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- אָכַלʼâkalH3982× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47142× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- נָפַלnâphalH53072× in this chapter
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
- אָפָהʼâphâhH6442× in this chapter
to cook, especially to bake
- 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.)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71212× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- 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
- בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10971× in this chapter
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- בָּלַלbâlalH11011× in this chapter
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
- בָּצֵקbâtsêqH12171× in this chapter
dough (as swelling by fermentation)
- בֹּקֶרbôqerH12421× in this chapter
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12451× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- גָּאוֹןgâʼôwnH13471× in this chapter
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- גְּדוּדgᵉdûwdH14161× in this chapter
a crowd (especially of soldiers)
- גָּלָהgâlâhH15401× in this chapter
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
- גַּםgamH15711× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- גַּנָּבgannâbH15901× in this chapter
a stealer
- גָּרַרgârarH16411× in this chapter
to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to saw
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דָּגָןdâgânH17151× in this chapter
properly, increase, i.e. grain