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Isaiah 53

Isa. 53:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He is despised
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
and rejected
chadel (Hebrew #2310)
vacant, i.e. ceasing or destitute
KJV usage: he that forbeareth, frail, rejected.
Pronounce: khaw-dale'
Origin: from 2308
z of men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
; a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of sorrows
mak'ob (Hebrew #4341)
also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makfobah {mak-o-baw'}; from 3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: mak-obe'
Origin: sometimes makcowb {mak-obe'}
, and acquainted
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
a with grief
choliy (Hebrew #2483)
malady, anxiety, calamity
KJV usage: disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).
Pronounce: khol-ee'
Origin: from 2470
: and κwe hid as it were
macter (Hebrew #4564)
properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion
KJV usage: hid.
Pronounce: mas-tare'
Origin: from 5641
our faces
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)
from him; he was despised
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and we esteemed
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
him not.
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Luke 23:18• 18But they cried in full crowd, saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas for us; (Luke 23:18)
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Heb. 4:15• 15For we have not a high priest unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but tempted as he hath been in all things alike apart from sin. (Heb. 4:15)
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as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us; or, he hid as it were his face from us.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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despised.
Isa. 49:7• 7Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom the soul despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes and they shall worship, because of Jehovah that is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee. (Isa. 49:7)
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Isa. 50:6• 6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:6)
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Psa. 22:6‑8• 6But I am a worm and not a man,{HR}A reproach of men and despised of the people.
 7All those who see me mock me,{HR}They open wide with the lip, they shake the head.
 8Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah;{HR}Let him deliver him;{HR}He will deliver him because he hath delighted in him. (Psa. 22:6‑8)
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Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20• 10And I wept [away] my soul in fasting;{HR}And it was for reproaches to me.
 11When I made my clothing sackcloth,{HR}I too was to them for a proverb.
 12Those that sit at the gate talk of me,{HR}And [I am] songs to drinkers of strong drink.
 19{i}Thou{/i} hast known my reproach,{HR}And my shame, and my disgrace;{HR}Before thee [are] all mine adversaries.
 20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none. (Psa. 69:10‑12,19‑20)
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Mic. 5:1• 1Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. (Mic. 5:1)
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Zech. 11:8,12‑13• 8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
 12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
 13{i}And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.{/i} (Zech. 11:8,12‑13)
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Matt. 26:67• 67{i}Then they spit in his face, and buffeted him, and some struck him with the palms of their hand,{/i} (Matt. 26:67)
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Matt. 27:39‑44,63• 39{i}But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads{/i}
 40{i}and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.{/i}
 41{i}[And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,{/i}
 42{i}He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.{/i}
 43{i}He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.{/i}
 44{i}And the robbers also who had been crucified with him cast the same reproaches on him.{/i}
 63{i}saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.{/i} (Matt. 27:39‑44,63)
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Mark 9:12• 12And he answering, told them, Elias indeed, having come first, restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer much and be set at nought. (Mark 9:12)
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Mark 15:19• 19{i}And{/i} they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, worshipped him. (Mark 15:19)
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Luke 8:53• 53And they derided him, knowing that she had died. (Luke 8:53)
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Luke 9:22• 22{i}saying,{/i} The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. (Luke 9:22)
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Luke 16:14• 14{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him. (Luke 16:14)
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Luke 23:18‑25• 18But they cried in full crowd, saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas for us;
 19one who for a certain tumult made in the city and murder had been cast into prison.
 20Again therefore Pilate addressed them, wishing to release Jesus.
 21But they kept calling in reply, Crucify, crucify him!
 22And he said the third time to them, Why, what evil has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him. Having chastised him therefore, I will release [him].
 23But they were urgent with loud voices begging that he might be crucified; and their voices [and those of the high priests] prevailed.
 24And Pilate gave sentence that what they begged should take place,
 25and released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, for whom they begged, and Jesus he delivered up to their will. (Luke 23:18‑25)
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John 8:48• 48The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? (John 8:48)
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Heb. 12:2‑3• 2looking off unto Jesus the leader and completer of faith; who for the joy set before him endured cross, despising shame, and is set down on the right hand of the throne of God.
 3For consider well him that endured so great contradiction by sinners against himself, that ye weary not, fainting in your souls. (Heb. 12:2‑3)
a man.
Isa. 53:4,10• 4Surely he [it is] hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
 10Yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand. (Isa. 53:4,10)
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Psa. 69:29• 29But {i}I{/i} [am] poor and sorrowful:{HR}Let thy salvation, O God, set me on, high. (Psa. 69:29)
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Matt. 26:37‑38• 37{i}And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.{/i}
 38{i}Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.{/i} (Matt. 26:37‑38)
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Mark 14:34• 34And he says to them, My soul is full of grief even unto death; tarry here and watch. (Mark 14:34)
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Luke 19:41• 41And when he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, (Luke 19:41)
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John 11:35• 35Jesus wept. (John 11:35)
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Heb. 2:15‑18• 15and might set free all those who through fear of death were through all their life subject to bondage.
 16For verily not of angels doth he take hold but of Abraham's seed he taketh hold.
 17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;
 18for in that himself hath suffered, being tempted, he is able to help those that are tempted. (Heb. 2:15‑18)
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Heb. 4:15• 15For we have not a high priest unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but tempted as he hath been in all things alike apart from sin. (Heb. 4:15)
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Heb. 5:7• 7who in the days of his flesh having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him that was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears, and having been heard because of his godly fear, (Heb. 5:7)
we hid as it were our faces from him.
or, he hid as it were,his face from us.
Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us.
we esteemed.
Deut. 32:15• 15{i}Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked{HR}—Thou art waxen fat,{HR}Thou art grown thick,{HR}And thou art covered with fatness;{HR}—He gave up God who made him,{HR}And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:15)
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Zech. 11:13• 13{i}And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.{/i} (Zech. 11:13)
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Matt. 27:9‑10• 9{i}Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom [they who were] of the sons of Israel had set a price on,{/i}
 10{i}and they gave them for the field of the potter, according as [the] Lord commanded me.{/i} (Matt. 27:9‑10)
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John 1:10‑11• 10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
 11He came unto his own, and his own received him not; (John 1:10‑11)
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Acts 3:13‑15• 13The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he decided to release [him].
 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you;
 15but the Author of life ye killed, whom God raised from [the] dead of which we are witnesses; (Acts 3:13‑15)
• Being who He was, such a One as He could not be otherwise, as He entered and walked through a ruined creation with all its degradation and woe. This men did not understand, since they were insensible to their own degradation, and consequently they despised and rejected Him, as the prophet here predicts. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)
• Identifying themselves with the sin of their forefathers, they will confess, not that the forefathers did it, but that we did it. This will be a genuine repentance. (“Isaiah 53” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He is despised and left alonec of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefd, and like one from whom men hide their faces;—despised, and we esteemed him not.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "held aloof."
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Or "suffering." The word also means, "sickness," "infirmity."

W. Kelly Translation

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He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.