Isaiah 35
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
10And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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.
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18703× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4303× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- פָּרַחpârachH65243× in this chapter
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
- שָׁםshâmH80333× in this chapter
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- גִּילgîylH15232× in this chapter
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
- הָדָרhâdârH19262× in this chapter
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
- 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
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- אָזʼâzH2272× in this chapter
at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore
- חָזַקchâzaqH23882× in this chapter
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35192× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- מִדְבָּרmidbârH40572× in this chapter
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עֲרָבָהʻărâbâhH61602× in this chapter
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
- רָנַןrânanH74422× in this chapter
properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
- שִׂמְחָהsimchâhH80572× in this chapter
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
- בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בָּקַעbâqaʻH12341× in this chapter
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- בֶּרֶךְberekH12901× in this chapter
a knee
- גָּאַלgâʼalH13501× in this chapter
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- גִּילָהgîylâhH15251× in this chapter
joy
- גֹּמֶאgômeʼH15731× in this chapter
properly, an absorbent, i.e. the bulrush (from its porosity); specifically the papyrus
- גְּמוּלgᵉmûwlH15761× in this chapter
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
- דָּלַגdâlagH18011× in this chapter
to spring
- אֱוִילʼĕvîylH1911× in this chapter
(figuratively) silly
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- חֲבַצֶּלֶתchăbatstselethH22611× in this chapter
probably meadow-saffron
- אֹזֶןʼôzenH2411× in this chapter
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
- חַיchayH24161× in this chapter
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
- חָצִירchâtsîyrH26821× in this chapter
grass; also a leek (collectively)
- חֵרֵשׁchêrêshH27951× in this chapter
deaf (whether literally or spiritual)
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29311× in this chapter
foul in a religious sense
- יָגוֹןyâgôwnH30151× in this chapter
affliction
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33721× in this chapter
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten