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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 that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. (Ex. 11:5)
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Judg. 16:21• 21But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. (Judg. 16:21)
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Job 31:10• 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (Job 31:10)
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Jer. 27:7• 7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. (Jer. 27:7)
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Lam. 5:13• 13They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. (Lam. 5:13)
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Matt. 24:41• 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Matt. 24:41)
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Luke 17:35• 35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Luke 17:35)
make bare.
Isa. 3:17• 17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts. (Isa. 3:17)
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Isa. 20:4• 4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. (Isa. 20:4)
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Jer. 13:22,26• 22And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
 26Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. (Jer. 13:22,26)
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Ezek. 16:37‑39• 37Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them 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, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
 39And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, 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 like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. (Hos. 2:3)
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Mic. 1:11• 11Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing. (Mic. 1:11)
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Nah. 3:5‑6• 5Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show 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 gazingstock. (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: