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Psalm 106

Psa. 106:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thusz they changed
muwr (Hebrew #4171)
to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
KJV usage: X at all, (ex-)change, remove.
Pronounce: moor
Origin: a primitive root
their glory
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
into the similitude
tabniyth (Hebrew #8403)
structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
KJV usage: figure, form, likeness, pattern, similitude.
Pronounce: tab-neeth'
Origin: from 1129
of an ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
that eateth
'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
grass
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
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Jer. 2:11• 11Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods;--but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. (Jer. 2:11)

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Glory,
Grass,
Ox; Oxen,
Similitude

Cross References

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Psa. 89:17• 17For thou art the glory of their strength; and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. (Psa. 89:17)
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Jer. 2:11• 11Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods;--but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. (Jer. 2:11)
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Rom. 1:22‑23• 22professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
 23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. (Rom. 1:22‑23)
their glory.That is, their God, who ought to have been the peculiar object of their glory.into.
Ex. 20:4‑5• 4Thou shalt not make thyself any graven image, or any form of what is in the heavens above, or what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters under the earth:
 5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous *God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth generation of them that hate me, (Ex. 20:4‑5)
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Isa. 40:18‑25• 18To whom then will ye liken *God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him?
 19The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.
 20He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.
 21--Do ye not know? Have ye not heard? Hath it not been told you from the beginning? Have ye not understood the foundation of the earth?
 22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
 23that bringeth the princes to nothing, that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
 24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
 25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. (Isa. 40:18‑25)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.