Nahum 2
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
3The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
5He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared.
6The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
7And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
9Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
10She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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.
- אֲרִיʼărîyH7384× in this chapter
a lion
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אַיִןʼayinH3693× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- רֶכֶבrekebH73933× in this chapter
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
- בָּקַקbâqaqH12382× in this chapter
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
- גָּאוֹןgâʼôwnH13472× in this chapter
{arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}
- 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
- טֶרֶףṭerephH29642× in this chapter
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× 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)
- כּוּןkûwnH35592× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כְּפִירkᵉphîyrH37152× in this chapter
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
- לָבִיאlâbîyʼH38332× in this chapter
to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer;))
- מֹתֶןmôthenH49752× in this chapter
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59272× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- עָמַדʻâmadH59752× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× 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.)
- קוֹלqôwlH69632× in this chapter
a voice or sound
- בָּזַזbâzazH9622× in this chapter
to plunder
- בָּלַקbâlaqH11101× in this chapter
to annihilate
- אַדִּירʼaddîyrH1171× in this chapter
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
- אָדַםʼâdamH1191× in this chapter
flush or turn rosy
- בָּעַרbâʻarH11971× in this chapter
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
- בְּרוֹשׁbᵉrôwshH12651× in this chapter
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
- בֶּרֶךְberekH12901× in this chapter
a knee
- בְּרֵכָהbᵉrêkâhH12951× in this chapter
a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
- בָּרָקbârâqH13001× in this chapter
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13681× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- גּוּרgûwrH14821× in this chapter
a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion
- גּוֹרgôwrH14841× in this chapter
{a cub (as still abiding in the lair), especially of the lion}
- גָּלָהgâlâhH15401× in this chapter
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
- דַּיdayH17671× in this chapter
enough (as noun or adverb), used chiefly with preposition in phrases
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הֵיכָלhêykâlH19641× in this chapter
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
- הֲלִיכָהhălîykâhH19791× in this chapter
a walking; by implication, a procession or march, a caravan
- הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- הָלַלhâlalH19841× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter
they (only used when emphatic)