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Isaiah 40

Isa. 40:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The workman
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
m melteth
nacak (Hebrew #5258)
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
KJV usage: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
Pronounce: naw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
a graven image
pecel (Hebrew #6459)
an idol
KJV usage: carved (graven) image.
Pronounce: peh'-sel
Origin: from 6458
, and the goldsmith
tsaraph (Hebrew #6884)
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast, (re-)fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Pronounce: tsaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
spreadeth
raqa` (Hebrew #7554)
to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
KJV usage: beat, make broad, spread abroad (forth, over, out, into plates), stamp, stretch.
Pronounce: raw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
it over with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
, and casteth
tsaraph (Hebrew #6884)
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: cast, (re-)fine(-er), founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try.
Pronounce: tsaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
chains
rthuqah (Hebrew #7577)
something fastened, i.e. a chain
KJV usage: chain.
Pronounce: reth-oo-kaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 7576
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Isa. 41:6‑7• 6They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
 7So the carpenter encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, [it is] good: and he fasteneth it with nails, [that] it be not moved. (Isa. 41:6‑7)
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Isa. 44:12• 12The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. (Isa. 44:12)
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Jer. 10:3• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (Jer. 10:3)

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Chains,
Gold,
Graven Image,
Image,
Silver

Cross References

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Isa. 37:18‑19• 18Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their land,
 19and have cast their gods into the fire; for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:18‑19)
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Isa. 41:6‑7• 6They helped every one his neighbour, and [each] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
 7So the carpenter encouraged the founder, he that smootheth [with] the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, [it is] good: and he fasteneth it with nails, [that] it be not moved. (Isa. 41:6‑7)
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Isa. 44:10‑12• 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
 11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen [are] but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.
 12The smith [hath] tongs, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; but he is hungry and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint. (Isa. 44:10‑12)
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Isa. 46:6‑7• 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.
 7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:6‑7)
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Ex. 32:2‑4• 2And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me.
 3Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.
 4And he took them out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! (Ex. 32:2‑4)
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Judg. 17:4• 4Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah. (Judg. 17:4)
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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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Psa. 135:15,18• 15Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
 18Like them are those that make them—{HR}Every one confiding in them. (Psa. 135:15,18)
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Jer. 10:3‑5,9• 3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
 5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
 9Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men. (Jer. 10:3‑5,9)
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Hos. 8:6• 6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. (Hos. 8:6)
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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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.

W. Kelly Translation

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The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.