Joel 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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.
- כִּיkîyH358811× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- בֵּןbênH11216× 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.)
- עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָכַלʼâkalH3985× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- שָׂדֶהsâdehH77045× in this chapter
a field (as flat)
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30014× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- יוֹםyôwmH31174× 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)
- אֵלʼêlH4134× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× 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
- גַּםgamH15713× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- יָלַלyâlalH32133× in this chapter
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
- יֶתֶרyetherH34993× in this chapter
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
- כָּרַתkârathH37723× in this chapter
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁרַתshârathH83343× in this chapter
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
- בּוּשׁbûwshH9543× in this chapter
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
- גֶּפֶןgephenH16122× in this chapter
a vine (as twining), especially the grape
- דָּגָןdâgânH17152× in this chapter
properly, increase, i.e. grain
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זֹאתzôʼthH20632× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זָקֵןzâqênH22052× in this chapter
old
- חָגַרchâgarH22962× in this chapter
to gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
- חָשַׂףchâsaphH28342× 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)
- יֶלֶקyeleqH32182× in this chapter
a devourer; specifically, the young locust
- יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× 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
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35482× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מִדְבָּרmidbârH40572× in this chapter
a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
- מִנְחָהminchâhH45032× in this chapter
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
- נָאָהnâʼâhH49992× in this chapter
a home; figuratively, a pasture
- נֶסֶךְneçekH52622× in this chapter
a libation; also a cast idol
- אָמַלʼâmalH5352× in this chapter
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
- אָבַלʼâbalH562× in this chapter
to bewail
- עֵדֶרʻêderH57392× in this chapter
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
- עֵץʻêtsH60862× in this chapter
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- אַרְבֶּהʼarbehH6972× in this chapter
a locust (from its rapid increase)
- קָרָאqârâʼH71212× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)