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Isaiah 53

Isa. 53:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He is despised
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
and rejected
chadel (Hebrew #2310)
vacant, i.e. ceasing or destitute
KJV usage: he that forbeareth, frail, rejected.
Pronounce: khaw-dale'
Origin: from 2308
z of men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
; a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of sorrows
mak'ob (Hebrew #4341)
also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makfobah {mak-o-baw'}; from 3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: mak-obe'
Origin: sometimes makcowb {mak-obe'}
, and acquainted
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
a with grief
choliy (Hebrew #2483)
malady, anxiety, calamity
KJV usage: disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).
Pronounce: khol-ee'
Origin: from 2470
: and κwe hid as it were
macter (Hebrew #4564)
properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion
KJV usage: hid.
Pronounce: mas-tare'
Origin: from 5641
our faces
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
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.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
from him; he was despised
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and we esteemed
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
him not.
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Luke 23:18• 18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: (Luke 23:18)
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Heb. 4:15• 15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Heb. 4:15)
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as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us; or, he hid as it were his face from us.

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Ministry on This Verse

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despised.
Isa. 49:7• 7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. (Isa. 49:7)
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Isa. 50:6• 6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:6)
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Psa. 22:6‑8• 6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
 7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
 8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. (Psa. 22:6‑8)
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Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20• 10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
 11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
 12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
 19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: mine adversaries are all before thee.
 20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. (Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20)
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Mic. 5:1• 1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. (Mic. 5:1)
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Zech. 11:8,12‑13• 8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
 12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
 13And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. (Zech. 11:8,12‑13)
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Matt. 26:67• 67Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, (Matt. 26:67)
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Matt. 27:39‑44,63• 39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
 40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
 41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
 42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
 43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
 44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
 63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. (Matt. 27:39‑44,63)
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Mark 9:12• 12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. (Mark 9:12)
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Mark 15:19• 19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. (Mark 15:19)
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Luke 8:53• 53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. (Luke 8:53)
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Luke 9:22• 22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. (Luke 9:22)
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Luke 16:14• 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. (Luke 16:14)
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Luke 23:18‑25• 18And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
 19(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
 20Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
 21But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
 22And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
 23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
 24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
 25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. (Luke 23:18‑25)
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John 8:48• 48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? (John 8:48)
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Heb. 12:2‑3• 2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
 3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (Heb. 12:2‑3)
a man.
Isa. 53:4,10• 4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
 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. (Isa. 53:4,10)
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Psa. 69:29• 29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. (Psa. 69:29)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
 38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. (Matt. 26:37‑38)
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Mark 14:34• 34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. (Mark 14:34)
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Luke 19:41• 41And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (Luke 19:41)
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John 11:35• 35Jesus wept. (John 11:35)
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Heb. 2:15‑18• 15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
 16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
 17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
 18For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. (Heb. 2:15‑18)
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Heb. 4:15• 15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. (Heb. 4:15)
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Heb. 5:7• 7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (Heb. 5:7)
we hid as it were our faces from him.
or, he hid as it were,his face from us.
Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us.
we esteemed.
Deut. 32:15• 15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:15)
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Zech. 11:13• 13And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. (Zech. 11:13)
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Matt. 27:9‑10• 9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
 10And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. (Matt. 27:9‑10)
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John 1:10‑11• 10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:10‑11)
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Acts 3:13‑15• 13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
 14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
 15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. (Acts 3:13‑15)
• Being who He was, such a One as He could not be otherwise, as He entered and walked through a ruined creation with all its degradation and woe. This men did not understand, since they were insensible to their own degradation, and consequently they despised and rejected Him, as the prophet here predicts. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)
• Identifying themselves with the sin of their forefathers, they will confess, not that the forefathers did it, but that we did it. This will be a genuine repentance. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He is despised and left alonec of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefd, and like one from whom men hide their faces;—despised, and we esteemed him not.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "held aloof."
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Or "suffering." The word also means, "sickness," "infirmity."