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Habakkuk 1

Hab. 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their horses
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
also are swifter
qalal (Hebrew #7043)
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.
Pronounce: kaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
than the leopards
namer (Hebrew #5246)
and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes)
KJV usage: leopard.
Pronounce: naw-mare'
Origin: from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp 5247 and 5249)
, and are more νfierce
chadad (Hebrew #2300)
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
KJV usage: be fierce, sharpen.
Pronounce: khaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
than the evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
wolves
z'eb (Hebrew #2061)
a wolf
KJV usage: wolf.
Pronounce: zeh-abe'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be yellow
: and their horsemen
parash (Hebrew #6571)
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting (compare 5483)); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
KJV usage: horseman.
Pronounce: paw-rawsh'
Origin: from 6567
shall spread
puwsh (Hebrew #6335)
to spread; figuratively, act proudly
KJV usage: grow up, be grown fat, spread selves, be scattered.
Pronounce: poosh
Origin: a primitive root
themselves, and their horsemen
parash (Hebrew #6571)
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting (compare 5483)); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
KJV usage: horseman.
Pronounce: paw-rawsh'
Origin: from 6567
shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
from far
rachowq (Hebrew #7350)
from 7368; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
KJV usage: (a-)far (abroad, off), long ago, of old, space, great while to come.
Pronounce: raw-khoke'
Origin: or rachoq {raw-khoke'}
; they shall fly
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
as the eagle
nesher (Hebrew #5404)
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
KJV usage: eagle.
Pronounce: neh'-sher
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lacerate
that hasteth
chuwsh (Hebrew #2363)
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n), ready.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: a primitive root
to eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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sharp.

More on:

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Eagle,
Evening,
Horse,
Leopard,
Wolf

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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horses.
Deut. 28:49• 49The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; (Deut. 28:49)
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Isa. 5:26‑28• 26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
 27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
 28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: (Isa. 5:26‑28)
fierce.
Heb. sharp.
evening.
Jer. 5:6• 6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. (Jer. 5:6)
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Zeph. 3:3• 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. (Zeph. 3:3)
they.
Jer. 4:13• 13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. (Jer. 4:13)
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Lam. 4:19• 19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. (Lam. 4:19)
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Ezek. 17:3,12• 3And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
 12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; (Ezek. 17:3,12)
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Hos. 8:1• 1Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. (Hos. 8:1)
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Matt. 24:28• 28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. (Matt. 24:28)
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Luke 17:37• 37And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. (Luke 17:37)
• Having sunk below the level of natural men, wild and ferocious animals are used as figures to set forth the inhuman ferocity with which they would prey upon the nations. (“The Card on the Pavement”)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen pranced proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "spread themselves."