Isaiah 53
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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.
- לֹאlôʼH38088× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- הוּאhûwʼH19315× 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
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵתʼêthH8544× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- מִיmîyH43103× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53153× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עָוֺןʻâvônH57713× in this chapter
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- עַלʻalH59213× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- פֶּהpehH63103× in this chapter
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64403× 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.)
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72003× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- רַבrabH72273× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- דָּכָאdâkâʼH17922× in this chapter
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
- חֳלִיchŏlîyH24832× in this chapter
malady, anxiety, calamity
- חָלַקchâlaqH25052× in this chapter
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
- חָשַׁבchâshabH28032× in this chapter
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
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- מָוֶתmâvethH41942× in this chapter
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
- מַכְאֹבmakʼôbH43412× in this chapter
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53752× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- סָבַלçâbalH54452× in this chapter
to carry (literally or figuratively), or (reflexively) be burdensome; specifically, to be gravid
- עָנָהʻânâhH60312× in this chapter
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
- פָּגַעpâgaʻH62932× in this chapter
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
- פָּשַׁעpâshaʻH65862× in this chapter
to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
- פֶּשַׁעpeshaʻH65882× in this chapter
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
- פָּתַחpâthachH66052× in this chapter
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בָּזָהbâzâhH9592× in this chapter
to disesteem
- גַּזָזgazâzH14941× in this chapter
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
- גָּזַרgâzarH15041× in this chapter
to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
- גָּלָהgâlâhH15401× in this chapter
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
- דּוֹרdôwrH17551× in this chapter
properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
- דַּעַתdaʻathH18471× in this chapter
knowledge
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הָדָרhâdârH19261× in this chapter
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
- זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻH22201× in this chapter
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- זֶרַעzeraʻH22331× in this chapter
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- חַבּוּרָהchabbûwrâhH22501× in this chapter
properly, bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)