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Hosea 13

Hos. 13:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And now they ηsin
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
moreu and more
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
, and have made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
them molten images
maccekah (Hebrew #4541)
properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)
KJV usage: covering, molten (image), vail.
Pronounce: mas-say-kaw'
Origin: from 5258
of their silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
, and idols
`atsab (Hebrew #6091)
an (idolatrous) image
KJV usage: idol, image.
Pronounce: aw-tsawb'
Origin: from 6087
according to their own understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
, all of it the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of the craftsmen
charash (Hebrew #2796)
a fabricator or any material
KJV usage: artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, + mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
Pronounce: khaw-rawsh'
Origin: from 2790
: they say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
of them, Let the λmen
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
that sacrifice
zabach (Hebrew #2076)
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
KJV usage: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
Pronounce: zaw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
kiss
nashaq (Hebrew #5401)
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
KJV usage: armed (men), rule, kiss, that touched.
Pronounce: naw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 5400, through the idea of fastening up; compare 2388, 2836)
w the calves
`egel (Hebrew #5695)
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
KJV usage: bullock, calf.
Pronounce: ay-ghel
Origin: from the same as 5696
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add to sin.
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why be smitten any more? Ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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or, sacrificers of men.
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1 Kings 19:18• 18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18)

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Craftsman,
Idolatry,
Image,
Kiss,
Sacrifice,
Silver,
Sin

Cross References

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Num. 32:14• 14And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a progeny of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel. (Num. 32:14)
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2 Chron. 28:13• 13and said to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; because, for our guilt before Jehovah, ye think to increase our sins and our trespasses: for our trespass is great, and fierce wrath is upon Israel. (2 Chron. 28:13)
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2 Chron. 33:23• 23And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, multiplied trespass, (2 Chron. 33:23)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why be smitten any more? Ye will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Isa. 30:1• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin; (Isa. 30:1)
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Rom. 2:5• 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:5)
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2 Tim. 3:13• 13But wicked men and impostors shall advance for the worse, deceiving and being deceived. (2 Tim. 3:13)
sin more and more.
Heb. add to sin.
have made.
Hos. 2:8• 8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they made into images of gold. (Hos. 2:8)
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Hos. 8:4• 4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cast off. (Hos. 8:4)
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Hos. 10:1• 1Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)
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Psa. 115:4‑8• 4Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
 5A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
 6Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
 7They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
 8Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)
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Isa. 46:6• 6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship. (Isa. 46:6)
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Jer. 10:4• 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Jer. 10:4)
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Hab. 2:18‑19• 18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
 19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. (Hab. 2:18‑19)
according.
Hos. 11:6• 6And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. (Hos. 11:6)
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Psa. 135:17‑18• 17Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth.
 18Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:17‑18)
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Isa. 44:17‑20• 17And with the residue thereof he maketh a god, his graven image; he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth [it], and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou [art] my god.
 18They have no knowledge and understand not: for he hath plastered their eyes, that they see not; [and] their hearts that they understand not.
 19And none taketh it to his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire, and also have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and with the residue thereof shall I make an abomination? shall I bow down to a block of wood?
 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:17‑20)
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Isa. 45:20• 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye [that are] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god [that] cannot save. (Isa. 45:20)
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Isa. 46:8• 8Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring [it] again to mind, ye transgressors. (Isa. 46:8)
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Jer. 10:8• 8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock. (Jer. 10:8)
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Rom. 1:22‑25• 22Professing to be wise, they became fools,
 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures].
 24Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness so that their bodies were dishonoured among them;
 25which exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and served and reverenced the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever, Amen. (Rom. 1:22‑25)
the men that sacrifice.
or, the sacrificers of men.
kiss.
1 Sam. 10:1• 1Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has anointed thee prince over his inheritance? (1 Sam. 10:1)
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1 Kings 19:18• 18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (1 Kings 19:18)
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Psa. 2:12• 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish in the way{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him. (Psa. 2:12)
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Rom. 11:4• 4But what saith the divine answer to him? “I left for myself seven thousand men which never bowed knee to Baal.” (Rom. 11:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now they sin more and moreh, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understandingi, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note b, Judg. 10.6.
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Or "skilfulness."

W. Kelly Translation

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And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen; they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.