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Isaiah 66

Is. 66:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theyu that sanctify
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves, and purify
taher (Hebrew #2891)
properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
KJV usage: be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
Pronounce: taw-hare'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves in the gardens
gannah (Hebrew #1593)
a garden
KJV usage: garden.
Pronounce: gan-naw'
Origin: feminine of 1588
ηbehind
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
tree in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
, eating
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
swine’s
chaziyr (Hebrew #2386)
a hog (perhaps as penned)
KJV usage: boar, swine.
Pronounce: khaz-eer'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to enclose
flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
, and the abomination
sheqets (Hebrew #8263)
filth, i.e. (figuratively and specifically) an idolatrous object
KJV usage: abominable(-tion).
Pronounce: sheh'-kets
Origin: from 8262
, and the mouse
`akbar (Hebrew #5909)
a mouse (as nibbling)
KJV usage: mouse.
Pronounce: ak-bawr'
Origin: probably from the same as 5908 in the secondary sense of attacking
, shall be consumed
cuwph (Hebrew #5486)
to snatch away, i.e. terminate
KJV usage: consume, have an end, perish, X be utterly.
Pronounce: soof
Origin: a primitive root
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Ministry on This Verse

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sanctify.
behind one tree in the midst.
or, one after another.eating.
 Verse 17 would indicate, we judge, that judgment will be specially severe against false religion against those who practice abominable things, of an idolatrous nature, while professing to sanctify and purify themselves by them. (Isaiah 66 by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind onea in the midst; that eat swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall perish together, saith Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Possibly an idol.