Isaiah 20
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod,(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;
2At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
3And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
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.
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47144× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- 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
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- יָחֵףyâchêphH31823× in this chapter
unsandalled
- כּוּשׁKûwshH35683× in this chapter
Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44283× in this chapter
a king
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עָרוֹםʻârôwmH61743× in this chapter
nude, either partially or totally
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrH8043× in this chapter
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- אֵתʼêthH8533× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× 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
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יְשַׁעְיָהYᵉshaʻyâhH34702× in this chapter
Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites
- כֵּןkênH36512× in this chapter
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)
- מַבָּטmabbâṭH40072× in this chapter
something expected, i.e. (abstractly) expectation
- אַשְׁדּוֹדʼAshdôwdH7952× in this chapter
Ashdod, a place in Palestine
- שָׁנֶהshânehH81412× in this chapter
a year (as a revolution of time)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8342× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- 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.)
- גָּלוּתgâlûwthH15461× in this chapter
captivity; concretely, exiles (collectively)
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- זֶהzehH20881× in this chapter
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
- זָקֵןzâqênH22051× in this chapter
old
- אוֹתʼôwthH2261× in this chapter
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
- חָלַץchâlatsH25021× in this chapter
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- חָשַׂףchâsaphH28341× in this chapter
to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
- חָתַתchâthathH28651× in this chapter
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יוֹםyôwmH31171× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- אִיʼîyH3391× in this chapter
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34271× in this chapter
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- אֵיךְʼêykH3491× in this chapter
how? or how!; also where
- כֹּהkôhH35411× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- לָחַםlâchamH38981× in this chapter
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- לָכַדlâkadH39201× in this chapter
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
- מוֹפֵתmôwphêthH41591× in this chapter
a miracle; by implication, a token or omen
- מָלַטmâlaṭH44221× in this chapter
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- מִןminH44801× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מֹתֶןmôthenH49751× in this chapter
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins