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Isaiah 6

Isa. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
t that king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
Uzziah
`Uzziyah (Hebrew #5818)
from 5797 and 3050; strength of Jah; Uzzijah, the name of five Israelites
KJV usage: Uzziah.
Pronounce: ooz-zee-yaw'
Origin: or Uzziyahuw {ooz-zee-yaw'-hoo}
died
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
I saw
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
a also
'eth (Hebrew #853)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV usage: (as such unrepresented in English).
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
sitting
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon a throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
, high
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
and lifted up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
, and βhis train
shuwl (Hebrew #7757)
a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge
KJV usage: hem, skirt, train.
Pronounce: shool
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hang down
filled
'eth (Hebrew #853)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
KJV usage: (as such unrepresented in English).
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity
male' (Hebrew #4392)
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
KJV usage: X she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: from 4390
the temple
heykal (Hebrew #1964)
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
KJV usage: palace, temple.
Pronounce: hay-kawl'
Origin: probably from 3201 (in the sense of capacity)
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2 Kings 15:7• 7{i}And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.{/i} (2 Kings 15:7)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i} (1 Kings 22:19)
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the skirts thereof.

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Kings,
The Temple,
Throne,
Uzziah,
Year

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory,
5-7:  being terrified, has apprehensions removed.
8-12:  He offers himself, and is sent to shew the obstinacy of the people unto their desolation.
13:  A remnant shall be saved.
A.M. 3245.
B.C. 759.
the year.
2 Kings 15:7• 7{i}And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.{/i} (2 Kings 15:7)
Azariah.
2 Chron. 26:22‑23• 22{i}And the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz write.{/i}
 23{i}And Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the burial-ground of the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his stead.{/i} (2 Chron. 26:22‑23)
I saw also.
Ex. 24:10‑11• 10{i}and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.{/i}
 11{i}And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.{/i} (Ex. 24:10‑11)
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Num. 12:8• 8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches: and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? (Num. 12:8)
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Ezek. 1:1,25‑28• 1{i}Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was{/i} among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
 25{i}and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.{/i}
 26{i}And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.{/i}
 27{i}And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.{/i}
 28{i}As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.{/i} (Ezek. 1:1,25‑28)
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John 1:18• 18No one hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father—he declared [him]. (John 1:18)
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John 12:41• 41These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke concerning him. (John 12:41)
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1 Tim. 6:16• 16who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)
sitting.
Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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1 Kings 22:19• 19{i}And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left;{/i} (1 Kings 22:19)
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Ezek. 10:1• 1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. (Ezek. 10:1)
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Dan. 7:9• 9I beheld till the thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool; his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. (Dan. 7:9)
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Matt. 25:31• 31But when the Son of man shall have come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory, (Matt. 25:31)
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Rev. 3:21• 21He that overcometh, I will give him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father in his throne. (Rev. 3:21)
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Rev. 4:2,10• 2[And] immediately I was in {i}the{/i} Spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting:
 10the twenty-four elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth unto the ages of the ages, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (Rev. 4:2,10)
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Rev. 5:1,7• 1And I saw upon the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
 7And he came and took [the book] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. (Rev. 5:1,7)
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Rev. 6:16• 16and they say to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (Rev. 6:16)
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Rev. 7:15‑17• 15Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sitteth on the throne shall tabernacle over them.
 16They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more nor in any wise shall the sun fall upon them nor any heat.
 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:15‑17)
high.
Isa. 12:4• 4And in that day ye shall say,{HR}Give ye thanks to Jehovah;{HR}Call upon his name;{HR}Declare his doings among the peoples;{HR}Make mention that his name is exalted. (Isa. 12:4)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Psa. 46:10• 10Leave off, and know that I [am] God:{HR}I will be exalted among the nations;{HR}I will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10)
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Psa. 108:5• 5Be exalted above the heavens, O God,{HR}And thy glory above all the earth. (Psa. 108:5)
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Psa. 113:5• 5Who [is] like Jehovah our God,{HR}That dwelleth on high, (Psa. 113:5)
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Eph. 1:20‑21• 20which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
 21far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name named not only in this age but also in that to come; (Eph. 1:20‑21)
his train.
or, the skirts thereof.
filled.
1 Kings 8:10‑11• 10{i}And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,{/i}
 11{i}and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah.{/i} (1 Kings 8:10‑11)
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Rev. 15:8• 8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, from his power; and no one was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. (Rev. 15:8)
• Here we see exemplified the statement, “Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity” (Psa. 39:5). This happened to Isaiah in the year that King Uzziah died, who was one of the better kings, but ended his days a leper because he dared to push his way into the temple of God. (“Isaiah 6” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the year of the death of king Uzziah, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, highe and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.

JND Translation Notes

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The Hebrew might mean, the Lord was high.

W. Kelly Translation

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In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.