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Jeremiah 10

Jer. 10:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They deck
yaphah (Hebrew #3302)
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV usage: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
Pronounce: yaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
it with silver
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
and with gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
; they fasten
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
it with nails
macmer (Hebrew #4548)
also (feminine) macmrah {mas-mer-aw'}; or micmrah {mis-mer-aw'}; or even masmrah (Eccles. 12:11) {mas-mer-aw'}; from 5568; a peg (as bristling from the surface)
KJV usage: nail.
Pronounce: mas-mare'
Origin: or micmer {mis-mare'}
and with hammers
maqqabah (Hebrew #4717)
properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
KJV usage: hammer.
Pronounce: mak-kaw-baw'
Origin: from 5344
, that it move
puwq (Hebrew #6328)
to waver
KJV usage: stumble, move.
Pronounce: pook
Origin: a primitive root
not.

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Gold,
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Silver

Cross References

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deck.
Psa. 115:4• 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. (Psa. 115:4)
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Psa. 135:15• 15The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. (Psa. 135:15)
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Isa. 40:19‑20• 19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
 20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. (Isa. 40:19‑20)
fasten.
Isa. 41:6• 6They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. (Isa. 41:6)
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Isa. 44:12• 12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. (Isa. 44:12)
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Isa. 46:7• 7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.