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Isaiah 8

Isa. 8:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he shall be for a sanctuary
miqdash (Hebrew #4720)
from 6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
KJV usage: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Pronounce: mik-dawsh'
Origin: or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh'}
t; but for a stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
of stumbling
negeph (Hebrew #5063)
a trip (of the foot); figuratively, an infliction (of disease)
KJV usage: plague, stumbling.
Pronounce: neh'-ghef
Origin: from 5062
u and for a rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
of offence
mikshowl (Hebrew #4383)
masculine from 3782; a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple)
KJV usage: caused to fall, offence, X (no-)thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block.
Pronounce: mik-shole'
Origin: or mikshol {mik-shole'}
v to both
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
the houses
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, for a gin
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
and for a snare
mowqesh (Hebrew #4170)
from 3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively): by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV usage: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
Pronounce: mo-kashe'
Origin: or moqesh {mo-kashe'}
to the inhabitants
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
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Ezek. 11:16• 16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezek. 11:16)
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1 Peter 2:8• 8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)
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Matt. 13:57• 57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. (Matt. 13:57)

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Gin,
House,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Rock,
Sanctuary,
Snare,
Stones,
Stumbling Block

Cross References

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he shall be.
Isa. 26:20• 20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. (Isa. 26:20)
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Psa. 46:1‑2• 1<<To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
 2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; (Psa. 46:1‑2)
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Prov. 18:10• 10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Prov. 18:10)
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Ezek. 11:16• 16Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. (Ezek. 11:16)
a stone.
Isa. 28:16• 16Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (Isa. 28:16)
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Luke 2:34• 34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Luke 2:34)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
 33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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Rom. 11:9‑11,35• 9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
 10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
 11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
 35Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? (Rom. 11:9‑11,35)
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1 Peter 2:8• 8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:8)
a snare.
Psa. 11:6• 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
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Psa. 69:22• 22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. (Psa. 69:22)
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Matt. 13:57• 57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. (Matt. 13:57)
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Luke 21:35• 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. (Luke 21:35)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offencee to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "tottering," "falling."