Malachi 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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.
- 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)
- אֵתʼêthH8534× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9354× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- 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
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בֵּןbênH11212× 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.)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19612× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20092× in this chapter
lo!
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֵבlêbH38202× 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
- אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- צָבָאtsâbâʼH66352× in this chapter
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11971× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14191× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- זֵדzêdH20861× in this chapter
arrogant
- זָכַרzâkarH21421× in this chapter
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
- זָרַחzârachH22241× in this chapter
properly, to irradiate (or shoot forth beams), i.e. to rise (as the sun); specifically, to appear (as a symptom of leprosy)
- חֹקchôqH27061× in this chapter
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- חֹרֵבChôrêbH27221× in this chapter
Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
- חֵרֶםchêremH27641× in this chapter
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33181× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33721× in this chapter
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
- יָרֵאyârêʼH33731× in this chapter
fearing; morally, reverent
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כָּנָףkânâphH36711× in this chapter
an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle
- כַּףkaphH37091× in this chapter
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
- לֹאlôʼH38081× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לָהַטlâhaṭH38571× in this chapter
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
- אֵלִיָּהʼÊlîyâhH4521× in this chapter
Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
- מַרְבֵּקmarbêqH47701× in this chapter
a stall (for cattle)
- מַרְפֵּאmarpêʼH48321× in this chapter
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48721× in this chapter
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49411× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼH50301× in this chapter
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- נָכָהnâkâhH52211× in this chapter
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- עֶבֶדʻebedH56501× in this chapter
a servant