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Isaiah 47

Isa. 47:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the millstones
recheh (Hebrew #7347)
a mill-stone
KJV usage: mill (stone).
Pronounce: ray-kheh'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to pulverize
, and grind
tachan (Hebrew #2912)
to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment)
KJV usage: grind(-er).
Pronounce: taw-khan'
Origin: a primitive root
meal
qemach (Hebrew #7058)
flour
KJV usage: flour, meal.
Pronounce: keh'-makh
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to grind
: uncover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
thy locks
tsammah (Hebrew #6777)
a veil
KJV usage: locks.
Pronounce: tsam-maw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to fasten on
, make bare
chasaph (Hebrew #2834)
to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
KJV usage: make bare, clean, discover, draw out, take, uncover.
Pronounce: khaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
the leg
shebel (Hebrew #7640)
a lady's train (as trailing after her)
KJV usage: leg.
Pronounce: show'-bel
Origin: from an unused root meaning to flow
, uncover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
the thigh
showq (Hebrew #7785)
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
KJV usage: hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
Pronounce: shoke
Origin: from 7783
, pass over
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
the rivers
nahar (Hebrew #5104)
a stream (including the sea; expec. the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
KJV usage: flood, river.
Pronounce: naw-hawr'
Origin: from 5102
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Cross References

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the millstones.
Ex. 11:5• 5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sitteth on his throne, even unto the firstborn of the bondwoman that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle. (Ex. 11:5)
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Judg. 16:21• 21And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house. (Judg. 16:21)
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Job 31:10• 10Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. (Job 31:10)
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Jer. 27:7• 7And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his land also come, when many nations and great kings shall reduce him to servitude. (Jer. 27:7)
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Lam. 5:13• 13The young men have borne the mill, and the youths have stumbled under the wood. (Lam. 5:13)
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Matt. 24:41• 41two women grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left. (Matt. 24:41)
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Luke 17:35• 35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go. (Luke 17:35)
make bare.
Isa. 3:17• 17therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts. (Isa. 3:17)
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Isa. 20:4• 4so shall the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. (Isa. 20:4)
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Jer. 13:22,26• 22And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels have suffered violence.
 26Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen. (Jer. 13:22,26)
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Ezek. 16:37‑39• 37therefore, behold, I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all that thou hast loved, with all that thou hast hated,--I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
 38And I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy;
 39and I will give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery, and shall break down thy high places; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (Ezek. 16:37‑39)
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Hos. 2:3• 3lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst. (Hos. 2:3)
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Mic. 1:11• 11Pass away, inhabitress of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan is not come forth for the lamentation of Beth-ezel: he will take from you its shelter. (Mic. 1:11)
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Nah. 3:5‑6• 5behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
 6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock. (Nah. 3:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers: