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Isaiah 53

Isa. 53:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For he shall grow up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
him as a tender plant
yowneq (Hebrew #3126)
a sucker; hence, a twig (of a tree felled and sprouting)
KJV usage: tender plant.
Pronounce: yo-nake'
Origin: active participle of 3243
, and as a root
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
out of a dry
tsiyah (Hebrew #6723)
aridity; concretely, a desert
KJV usage: barren, drought, dry (land, place), solitary place, wilderness.
Pronounce: tsee-yaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to parch
ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: he hath no form
to'ar (Hebrew #8389)
outline, i.e. figure or appearance
KJV usage: + beautiful, X comely, countenance, + fair, X favoured, form, X goodly, X resemble, visage.
Pronounce: to'-ar
Origin: from 8388
nor comeliness
hadar (Hebrew #1926)
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
KJV usage: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
Pronounce: haw-dawr'
Origin: from 1921
; and when we shall see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
him, there is no beauty
mar'eh (Hebrew #4758)
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV usage: X apparently, appearance(-reth), X as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
Pronounce: mar-eh'
Origin: from 7200
that we should desire
chamad (Hebrew #2530)
to delight in
KJV usage: beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (X great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Pronounce: khaw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
him.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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he shall grow.
Isa. 11:1• 1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall be fruitful; (Isa. 11:1)
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Jer. 23:5• 5Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. (Jer. 23:5)
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Ezek. 17:22‑24• 22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:
 23upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do it. (Ezek. 17:22‑24)
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Zech. 6:12• 12and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, Behold a man whose name is the Branch; and he shall grow up from his own place, and he shall build the temple of Jehovah: (Zech. 6:12)
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Mark 6:3• 3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. (Mark 6:3)
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Luke 2:7,39‑40,51‑52• 7and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
 39And when they had completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.
 40And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and God's grace was upon him.
 51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
 52And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men. (Luke 2:7,39‑40,51‑52)
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Luke 9:58• 58And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (Luke 9:58)
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Rom. 8:3• 3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, having sent his own Son, in likeness of flesh of sin, and for sin, has condemned sin in the flesh, (Rom. 8:3)
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Phil. 2:6‑7• 6who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
 7but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men; (Phil. 2:6‑7)
he hath no.
Isa. 52:14• 14As many were astonished at thee--his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the children of men (Isa. 52:14)
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Mark 9:12• 12And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought: (Mark 9:12)
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John 1:10‑14• 10He was in the world, and the world had its being through him, and the world knew him not.
 11He came to his own, and his own received him not;
 12but as many as received him, to them gave he the right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
 13who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
 14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth; (John 1:10‑14)
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John 9:28‑29• 28They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
 29We know that God spoke to Moses; but as to this man, we know not whence he is. (John 9:28‑29)
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John 18:40• 40They cried therefore again all, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. (John 18:40)
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John 19:5,14‑15• 5(Jesus therefore went forth without, wearing the crown of thorn, and the purple robe.) And he says to them, Behold the man!
 14(now it was the preparation of the passover; it was about the sixth hour;) and he says to the Jews, Behold your king!
 15But they cried out, Take him away, take him away, crucify him. Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. (John 19:5,14‑15)
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1 Peter 2:14• 14or to rulers as sent by him, for vengeance on evildoers, and praise to them that do well. (1 Peter 2:14)
• Mankind in general, and Israel in particular, had proved themselves to be “dry ground”, quite unproductive of anything that was good; yet out of this there sprang up this “tender plant”, which drew its life and nourishment from elsewhere. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)
• But second, He is presented as He was in the eyes of men. He had “no form nor lordliness” (New Trans.), nor the kind of beauty that men admire and desire. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out of dry ground: he hath no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.